#The_Battle_of_Books #Jonathan_Swift #A_Tale_of_Tub #Battle_between_Ancients_Moderns_Classics_Critic

#The_Battle_of_Books #Jonathan_Swift #A_Tale_of_Tub #Battle_between_Ancients_Moderns_Classics_Critics_Authors_Ben_Jonson #English_Language_and_Literature The Battle of the Books LanguageDownload PDFWatchEdit "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. It is one of his earliest well-known works. The Battle of the Books Cover, circa 1704. AuthorJonathan SwiftCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglishSeriesA Tale of a TubGenreSatire Publication date 1704 Ancients vs. ModernsEdit In France at the end of the seventeenth century, a minor furore arose over the question of whether contemporary learning