Essay Question: Swift’s anonymity was a kind of self-promotion but it was also a creative resource’ (D. J.
TAYLOR). Compare the uses of anonymity made by Daniel Defoe in The Shortest Way with the Dissenters and
by Jonathan Swift in A Modest Proposal&c. in the light of this remark.
Accurately styled and referenced essay’ means
Double-spaced
Wide margins (2cm either side)
All quotations in single inverted commas
All quotations with page references to an acceptable edition of the text
A Bibliography on a separate page with ALL primary texts listed AND (I recommend) AT LEAST SIX secondary
items – e.g. a biography, a history of English Literature, a full-length study of each author dealt with, 2 or more
journal articles. This is a Level 5 course!
…It may be hard to achieve the grade you are hoping for if your research base is too narrow.
I will include an Anthology where you can find the both text needed for this task
writing in MHRA style i will also include the MHRA writing style guidelines.