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In this piece, there is an epic battle fought in a library when various books come alive and attempt to settle the arguments between moderns and ancients. In Swift's satire, he skilfully manages to avoid saying which way victory fell.
18 de sept. de 2008 · The Battle of the Books. Book digitized by Google and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
15 de ene. de 2007 · The Battle of the Books, by Jonathan Swift The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Battle of the Books, by Jonathan Swift, Edited by Henry Morley This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever.
6 de sept. de 2023 · Swift's poem mocks the controversy between ancient and modern learning by imagining a battle between books in a library. He portrays the Ancients as noble and wise, while the Moderns are corrupt and foolish, with the help of gods and critics.
9 de dic. de 2020 · The battle of the books. by. Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745. Publication date. 2012. Topics. Ancients and moderns, Quarrel of, Satire, English. Publisher. Richmond, Surrey, U.K. : Oneworld Classics.
1 de ago. de 1996 · Read or download this classic satire on the ancient and modern quarrel of books, written by the Irish author and clergyman Jonathan Swift. The eBook is available in various formats and languages, and is public domain in the USA.
It depicts a literal battle between books in the King's Library (housed in St James's Palace at the time of the writing), as ideas and authors struggle for supremacy.
