The Battle Of The Books by Jonathan Swift
A mock-heroic allegory in which the books of a great library are personified and engage in a pitched battle over the merits of ancient versus modern learning; through witty speeches, comic episodes and satirical portraits of scholars and fashions, the tale skewers pedantry, vanity, plagiarism and blind novelty, exposing the follies of literary factionalism while upholding the lasting value of genuine wit and authority.
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- Published
- 1704
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- Irish
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- English
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