Why did the author of the satire that features the fictional island of Luggnagg say he wrote it?
Gulliver's Travels Gulliver's Travels, whose full title is Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships, (1726, amended 1735), is a prose satire by Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift, that is both a satire on human nature and the "travellers' tales" literary subgenre. It is Swift's best known full-length work, and a classic of English literature. He himself claimed that he wrote "Gulliver's Travels" "to vex the world rather than divert it".
Sermons of Laurence Sterne Laurence Sterne was an Anglican clergyman. In that position he delivered many sermons. Early in his career, he decided to publish his sermons. At first, only two were published. Sterne later parodied sermon writing in his novel, "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman" along with adding semi-serious sermons directly into the text. Throughout his career, Sterne continued to preach and collect his own sermons.