The Battle of the Books and other Short Pieces
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The Battle of the Books and other Short Pieces

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The Battle of the Books and other Short Pieces

About this book

The Battle of the Books is the name of a short satire written by Jonathan Swift which depicts a literal battle between books in the Kings Library (housed in St Jamess Palace at the time of the writing), as ideas and authors struggle for supremacy. This book also includes the short pieces: A Meditation Upon a Broomstick; Predictions for the year 1708; The Accomplishment Of The First Of Mr. Bickerstaff's Predictions; Being An Account Of The Death Of Mr. Partridge The Almanack-Maker, Upon The 29th Instant; Baucis And Philemon; The Logicians Refuted; The Puppet Show; Cadenus And Vanessa; Stella's Birthday; The Beasts' Confession; An Argument To Prove That The Abolishing Of Christianity In England May, As Things Now Stand, Be Attended With Some Inconveniences, And Perhaps Not Produce Those Many Good Effects Proposed Thereby; Hints Towards An Essay On Conversation; and, Thoughts On Various Subjects.

Information

Publisher
DD Sales & Distributors
Year
2022
Topic
Literature
eBook ISBN
9782021071108
Subtopic
Classics
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. CONTENTS
  2. INTRODUCTION
  3. THE BOOKSELLER TO THE READER
  4. THE PREFACE OF THE AUTHOR
  5. A FULL AND TRUE ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE FOUGHT LAST FRIDAY BETWEEN THE ANCIENT AND THE MODERN BOOKS IN SAINT JAMES’S LIBRARY
  6. THE EPISODE OF BENTLEY AND WOTTON
  7. A MEDITATION UPON A BROOMSTICK
  8. PREDICTIONS FOR THE YEAR 1708
  9. THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE FIRST OF MR. BICKERSTAFF’S PREDICTIONS; BEING AN ACCOUNT OF THE DEATH OF MR. PARTRIDGE THE ALMANACK-MAKER, UPON THE 29TH INSTANT
  10. BAUCIS AND PHILEMON
  11. THE LOGICIANS REFUTED
  12. THE PUPPET SHOW
  13. CADENUS AND VANESSA
  14. STELLA’S BIRTHDAY, 1718
  15. STELLA’S BIRTHDAY, 1720
  16. STELLA’S BIRTHDAY
  17. STELLA’S BIRTHDAY, 1724
  18. STELLA’S BIRTHDAY, MARCH 13, 1726
  19. TO STELLA
  20. THE FIRST HE WROTE OCT. 17, 1727
  21. THE SECOND PRAYER WAS WRITTEN NOV. 6, 1727
  22. THE BEASTS’ CONFESSION (1732)
  23. AN ARGUMENT TO PROVE THAT THE ABOLISHING OF CHRISTIANITY IN ENGLAND MAY, AS THINGS NOW STAND, BE ATTENDED WITH SOME INCONVENIENCES, AND PERHAPS NOT PRODUCE THOSE MANY GOOD EFFECTS PROPOSED THEREBY
  24. HINTS TOWARDS AN ESSAY ON CONVERSATION
  25. THOUGHTS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS

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