The Battle of the Books is the name of a short satire written by Jonathan Swift and published as part of the prolegomena to his A Tale of a Tub in 1704. It depicts a literal battle between books in the King's Library (housed in St. James' Palace at the time of the writing), as ideas and authors struggle for supremacy. Because of the satire, "The Battle of the Books" has become a term for the Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns.
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Language English ● Format EPUB ● ISBN 9780244720865 ● File size 0.2 MB ● Publisher epf ● Published 2018 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 6667266 ● Copy protection Social DRM