Swift's A Modest Proposal
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00h3650
This episode of the BBC's "In Our Time" (A British program) provides guests with history and literature backgrounds who discuss Swift's "A Modest Proposal."
Satire and Significance in Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal"
http://www.victorianweb.org/previctorian/swift/conner2.html
This is a description of "A Modest Proposal," with accompanying questions, from a Brown University English professor.
Swift: Selections from His Works
http://books.google.com/books?q=%22Swift:+selections+from+his+works%22&btnG=Search+Books
The notes on Swift's works in this resource provide much help in understanding Swift's language and literary references, especially with regard to the authors in "The Battle of the Books" (see Volume 1).
Social Critique, Irony, and Satire in “A Modest Proposal” and Candide
http://www.articlemyriad.com/175.htm
This article compares Swift's "A Modest Proposal" to Voltaire's Candide (1759).