Swift and Satire Crossword

This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Classic Literature has 22 clues. Answers range from 1 to 20 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.

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This is what the British landowners were called.
These were the people who were born in Ireland to English parents and had some status in society.
Those neighbors of Swift had no position, no land, and no rights.
This is the pseudonym that Jonathan Swift wrote under.
A false name
The year in which Swift wrote and distributed "A Modest Proposal"
Saying the opposite of what you mean
Saying the opposite of what you mean with a hurtful attitude
"Well, this isn't exactly the best idea I've ever heard."
The greatest genius who ever lived (especially where parodies are concerned).
A form of satire that takes a specific literary work and exaggerates its form and language, often replacing serious subjects with silly ones.
This uses ridicule, exaggeration, and irony to comment on society, politics, and religion.
The tone of "A Modest Proposal"
James Edward Stuart, who claimed the British throne, from which his father, James II, had been removed in 1688.
The age at which Swift's narrator suggests babies be sold for food
The age at which older children's bodies might be sold in place of deer meat.
Where the Irish could go to sell themselves into slavery
The not-so-kind name that religiously-intolerant people called Catholics.
The city that Swift uses as the setting for "A Modest Proposal"
A term for female farm animals that Swift's narrator uses to refer to Irish women
One thing Swift's narrator suggests the Irish could do if they sold their children.
One thing Swift's narrator suggests his proposal would reduce.

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