Jonathan Swift: Not entirely the misanthrope we thought

It would be nice to see a timeline of this guys life correlated to his writings. If the writings are isolated, that's one thing. If they occur after being kicked down a well with a "this is SPARTA!!" then that is something else. Perhaps similarly, no one calls Caesar a misanthrope for 'et tu Brute?'

The Internet provides:

http://www.victorianweb.org/previctorian/swift/chron.html

http://jonathanswiftarchive.org.uk/chronology.html

https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/johnathan-swift

re: Julius Caesar, a guy should get a bit of slack after being stabbed repeatedly, or perhaps it's because "et tu, Brute?" wasn't strictly historical, more of a Shakespearean gloss. According to Suetonius, Julie's last words were in Greek, "Kai su, teknon?" (even you, my son?). Plutarch though says that Julie said nothing but merely drew his toga over his head.

Thanks for the links - helpful to put things in context.

I wasn't aware of that. I just felt he was a luddite unless I misread gulliver's travels

Dude invented the name "Vanessa", which is not a bad legacy.