The battle of the books in its historical setting / by Anne Elizabeth Burlingame, assistant professor of history, Hunter College ; introduction by James Harvey Robinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burlingame, Anne Elizabeth, 1881- author.

Series:

Women's Studies Archive: Rare Titles from the American Antiquarian Society, 1820-1922.

Women's Studies Archive: Rare Titles from the American Antiquarian Society, 1820-1922

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Classical literature.

Criticism--History.

Criticism.

Comparative literature--Classical and modern.

Comparative literature.

Comparative literature--Modern and classical.

Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745. Battle of the books.

Swift, Jonathan.

History.

Great Britain--Intellectual life--17th century.

Great Britain.

Intellectual life.

Ancients and moderns, Quarrel of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 225 pages).

Place of Publication:

New York : B.W. Huebsch, Incorporated, 1920.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Introduction.

Introductory chapter: The attitude toward the classical authors during the mediaeval period. Italian humanism. Humanism beyond the Alps. Montaigne.

The scientific phase: Francis Bacon. Galileo. Descartes. Thomas Hobbes.

The literary phase: Contrast between the thought environment of the seventeenth century and our own. Sir William Temple's Essay upon ancient and modern learning. William Wotton's Reflections. Richard Bentley's Dissertation. Jonathan Swift's Tale of a tub and The battle of the books. The French point of view as compared with the English. Charles Perrault. Fontenlle. Conclusion.

Notes:

Published also as thesis (Ph. D.) Columbia university, 1921.

Bibliography: pages 219-225.

OCLC:

1289510959

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