The Examiner (1710–1714)

1710-1712 paper edited by Jonathan Swift

The Examiner was a newspaper edited by Jonathan Swift from 2 November 1710 to 1714. It promoted a Tory perspective on British politics, at a time when Queen Anne had replaced Whig ministers with Tories.[1]

The newspaper was founded by John Morphew and it was launched by the Tories to counter the press of the Whig party. Among its first editors were philosopher and politician Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, Francis Atterbury, chaplain of King William III, and the poet and diplomat Matthew Prior. Another notable contributor was Delarivier Manley.

In 1711, Swift published the political pamphlet The Conduct of the Allies, attacking the Whig government for its inability to end the prolonged war with France. The incoming Tory government conducted secret (and illegal) negotiations with France, resulting in the Treaty of Utrecht (1713) ending the War of the Spanish Succession.

## References[edit]

1. ^ Frank H. Ellis, "Arthur Mainwaring as Reader of Swift's 'Examiner'" The Yearbook of English Studies, Vol. 11, Literature and Its Audience, II Special Number (1981), pp. 49-66

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Jonathan Swift

Sermons|

* Sermons of Jonathan Swift

Satires|

* Meditation Upon a Broomstick (1701)
* A Tale of a Tub (1704)
* The Battle of the Books (1704)
* Gulliver's Travels (1726–1727, 1735)

Essays|

* Thoughts on Various Subjects, Moral and Diverting (1706)
* An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity (1708)
* The Conduct of the Allies (1711)
* Drapier's Letters (1724/25)
* A Modest Proposal (1729)
* Directions to Servants (published 1745)

Miscellany|

* The Examiner newspaper (1710–1714)
* "Cadenus and Vanessa" (1713 poem)
* "The Lady's Dressing Room" (1732 poem)
* A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation (1738)
* A Journal to Stella (published posthumously - 1766)

Related|

* Esther Johnson
* Esther Vanhomrigh
* Scriblerus Club
* Swift crater
* The House That Swift Built (1982 film)

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