The Battle of the Books -

Jonathan Swift

Alma Classics

2016

112 páginas

3h 44m

ISBN-13: 9781847496799

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all essential knowledge was to be found in classical texts, and the "Moderns", who claimed that contemporary learning superseded the old sources, The Battle of the Books shows Swift at his wittiest and most trenchant.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 conflict with one another, in a pastiche of the heroic epic genre. As well as providing humorous reflections on the nature of scholarship and education, Swift seizes the opportunity to take swipes at several authors and critics. The result is a timeless and entertaining parody by one of the most enduringly popular writers in the English language.

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Esquisitão

É um livro antigo, então a linguagem não é nada moderna. As referências são várias e das mais variadas. Peguei achando que leria em minutos, mas levei três dias pra terminar. Quem gosta de leitura diferentona, pode curtir. Meu tipo de diferentão é outro, então, curti muito não.