counseled his countrymen to turn their children into a cash crop. These efforts made Swift a national hero, but even then did not reconcile him to living in Ireland. In 1726 Jonathan Swift visits England with a manuscript for Gullivers Travels, which was published anonymously. This was his last visit to England, that same year Gullivers Travels was translated into French, German, and Dutch. In 1728, Esther "Stella" Johnson died. In 1731, Verses on the Death of Dr. Swift, was written. In 1732, Swifts dear friend John Gay died. In 1735, Faulkner publishes Swifts works and the corrected version of Gullivers Travels. Swifts final years are the subject of some controversy. Some have suggested that Swift went insane, but that theory has not been confirmed. It is known that Swift suffered from vertigo, due to an inner ear disease. However he remained inactive throughout the 1730s, before suffering a stroke in 1742. He declined mentally and in 1742 he was declared unfit to manage himself. For the next three years, Swift was cared for by guardians. On October 19, 1745 Jonathan Swift died. He was buried in St. Patricks Cathedral, next to Stella. On the wall next to his coffin is an epitaph written himself. It reads: "The body of Jonathan Swift, Doctor of Sacred Theology, dean of this cathedral church, is buried here, where fierce indignation can no more lacerate his heart. Go, traveler, and imitate, if you can, one who strove with all his strength to champion liberty".As a satirist Swifts technique was to create fictional speakers, such as Lemuel Gulliver and the Modest Proposel, who utter sentiments that the intelligent reader will recognize as sinfully complacent, egotistical, stupid, or mad. Swift is thus the master of understated irony, and his name has become practically synonymous with the type of satire in which the most outrageous statements are offered in a straight-faced manner. He has often been accused of a morbid preoccupation with ...
