The Battle of the Books - Jonathan Swift

Title: The Battle of the Books
Author: Jonathan Swift
Category: Satire
Time: 05:08:47

"The Battle of the Books" 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. It is one of his earliest well-known works. (Wikipedia)

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Introduction, the bookseller to the reader, & the preface of the authorA full and true account... Part 1A full and true account... Part 2The Episode of Bentley and WottonA Meditation Upon a BroomstickPredictions for the Year 1708The Accomplishment of the First of Mr. Bickerstaff’s Predictions…Baucis and PhilemonThe logicians refutedThe puppet showCandenus and VanessaSTELLA’S BIRTHDAY, 1718STELLA’S BIRTHDAY, 1720.STELLA’S BIRTHDAYSTELLA’S BIRTHDAY, 1724STELLA’S BIRTHDAY, MARCH 13, 1726TO STELLAThe first he wrote OCT. 17, 1727The second prayer was written NOV. 6, 1727.The Beasts' confession (1732)An argument to prove that the abolishing...Hints towards and essay on conversationThoughts on various subjects

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