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The Battle of the Books and Other Short Pieces Annotated

The Battle of the Books and Other Short Pieces Annotated

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Publisher's Synopsis

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, 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. It is one of his earliest well known works.

Book information

ISBN: 9798705593217
Publisher: Independently Published
Imprint: Independently Published
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 154
Weight: 213g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 8mm