The Battle of the Books

by Jonathan Swift

Book Overview

Inspired by Boileau's Lutrin and illustrating the debate within European intellectual circles between the "Ancients", who argued that all essential knowledge was to be found in classical texts, and the "Moderns", who claimed that contemporary learning superseded the old sources, The Battle of the Books shows Swift at his wittiest and most trenchant. In this early satire, various books in St James's Library take on a life of their own and come into...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847496792
• ISBN13: 9781847496799
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Alma Books
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.3" x 5.8"