The battle of the books in its historical setting
By: by Anne Elizabeth Burlingame, introduction by James Harvey Robinson.
Publisher: B.W. Huebsch, inc.
Published: 1920
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
Subjects: Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.; Classical literature.; Criticism -- History.; Literature, Comparative -- Classical and modern.; Literature, Comparative -- Modern and classical.; Ancients and moderns, Quarrel of.; Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 17th century.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 219-225.
Published also as thesis (Ph. D.) Columbia university, 1921.
Table of contents: title: Introduction.; title: Introductory chapter: The attitude toward the classical authors during the mediaeval period. Italian humanism. Humanism beyond the Alps. Montaigne.; title: The scientific phase: Francis Bacon. Galileo. Descartes. Thomas Hobbes.; title: 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.