A Letter to the Lord Chancellor Middleton

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"A Letter to the Lord Chancellor Middleton" is one of Jonathan Swift’s satirical Drapier’s Letters, written under the pseudonym M. B. Drapier to oppose English economic impositions on Ireland in the 1720s.

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instanceOf political pamphlet ⓘ
satirical letter ⓘ
addressesTo Lord Chancellor Middleton ⓘ
aim to mobilize Irish public opinion ⓘ
to resist English economic impositions on Ireland ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Drapier’s Letter to the Lord Chancellor Middleton ⓘ
linked to: Drapier's Letters
associatedWorkSeries Drapier’s Letters ⓘ
linked to: Drapier's Letters
author Jonathan Swift ⓘ
authorPseudonym M. B. Drapier ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Ireland ⓘ
creator Jonathan Swift ⓘ
form open letter ⓘ
genre epistolary literature ⓘ
political satire ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasAuthorRealIdentity Jonathan Swift ⓘ
hasPseudonymousAuthor true ⓘ
historicalContext Anglo-Irish relations in the early 18th century ⓘ
British rule in Ireland ⓘ
influencedBy contemporary Irish economic crisis ⓘ
intendedAudience Irish political authorities ⓘ
Irish public ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryDevice irony ⓘ
satirical persona ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
literaryMovement Augustan literature ⓘ
mainSubject Irish economic grievances ⓘ
Wood’s Halfpence controversy ⓘ
opposition to English economic policy in Ireland ⓘ
medium print ⓘ
notableFigureDepicted William Wood ⓘ
partOf Drapier’s Letters ⓘ
linked to: Drapier's Letters
placeOfPublication Dublin ⓘ
politicalPosition anti-colonial ⓘ
pro-Irish autonomy ⓘ
publicationPeriod 1720s ⓘ
writtenIn 18th century ⓘ

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