Swift biography
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Taylor Swift
American singer-songwriter (born )
For other uses, see Taylor Swift (disambiguation).
Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, ) is an American singer-songwriter. Known for her autobiographical songwriting, artistic reinventions, and cultural impact, Swift is a leading figure in popular music and the subject of extensive media coverage, with a vast fanbase known as Swifties.
Swift signed to Big Machine Records in , debuting as a country singer with the albums Taylor Swift () and Fearless (). The singles "Teardrops on My Guitar", "Love Story", and "You Belong with Me" found crossover success on country and pop radio formats. She incorporated rock on Speak Now () and electronic on Red (), later re-calibrating her image from country to pop with the synth-pop set (); the ensuing media scrutiny inspired the hip-hop-imbued Reputation (). The albums contained the Billboard Hot number-one singles "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together", "Shake It Off", "
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Jonathan Swift
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Who Was Jonathan Swift?
Irish author, clergyman and satirist Jonathan Swift grew up fatherless. beneath the care of his uncle, he received a bachelor's grad from Trinity College and then worked as a statesman's assistant. Eventually, he became dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral in huvudstaden i irland. Most of his writings were published under pseudonyms. He best remembered for his book Gulliver's Travels.
Early Life and Education
Irish author and satirist Swift was born in Dublin, Ireland on November 30, His father, an attorney, also named Jonathan Swift, died just two months before he arrived. Without steady income, his mother struggled to provide for her newborn. Moreover, Swift was a sickly child. It was later discovered that he suffered from Meniere's Disease, a condition of the inner ear that leaves the afflicted nauseous and hard of hearing. In an effort to give her son the best upbringing possible, Swift's mother gave him over to Godwin Swift, her late husband's
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Jonathan Swift
Anglo-Irish satirist and cleric (–)
For other uses, see Jonathan Swift (disambiguation).
Jonathan Swift (30 November – 19 October ) was an Anglo-Irish[1] writer and satirist who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin,[2] hence his common sobriquet, "Dean Swift". His deadpan, ironic writing style, particularly in A Modest Proposal, has led to such satire being subsequently termed "Swiftian".[3] He is best remembered for his novel Gulliver's Travels, first published in
Swift also authored works such as A Tale of a Tub (), An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity (), and A Modest Proposal (). He originally published all of his works under pseudonyms—including Lemuel Gulliver, Isaac Bickerstaff, M. B. Drapier—or anonymously. He was a master of two styles of satire, the Horatian and Juvenalian styles. He is regarded by the Encyclopædia Britannica as the "foremost prose satirist in the English language."[1