The Battle of the Books
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Table of Contents. Introduction. The Bookseller to the Reader. The Preface of the Author. The Battle of the Books. A Meditation Upon a Broomstick. Predictions for the Year 1708. The Accomplishment of the First of Mr. Bickerstaff''s Predictions. Baucis and Philemon. The Logicians Refuted. The Puppet Show. Cadenus and Vanessa. Stella''s Birthday, 1718. Stella''s Birthday, 1720. Stella''s Birthday. Stella''s Birthday, 1724. Stella''s Birthday, March 13, 1726. To Stella. The First He Wrote. The Second Prayer. The Beasts'' Confession. An Argument Against Abolishing of Christianity. Hints Towards an Essay on Conversation. Thoughts on Various Subjects. ******************. 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''s 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. OCo Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Intuitive navigation. . Text annotation and mark-up. ."
| ISBN-13 | 9781605014661 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1605014664 |
| List Price | $0.95 |
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| Published On | 2009-12-15 |
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