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05:08:47
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Catalog date:
2021-03-11
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Elijah Fisher
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Elijah Fisher
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David Olson
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Lynda Marie Neilson

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Wikipedia - Jonathan Swift

Wikipedia - The Battle of the Books

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The Battle of the Books

Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745)

"The Battle of the Books" 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. (Wikipedia)

Genre(s): Satire

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Introduction, the bookseller to the reader, & the preface of the author Elijah Fisher
 00:14:38
Play 01 A full and true account... Part 1 Elijah Fisher
 00:31:02
Play 02 A full and true account... Part 2 Elijah Fisher
 00:22:30
Play 03 The Episode of Bentley and Wotton Elijah Fisher
 00:15:51
Play 04 A Meditation Upon a Broomstick Elijah Fisher
 00:03:31
Play 05 Predictions for the Year 1708 Elijah Fisher
 00:22:55
Play 06 The Accomplishment of the First of Mr. Bickerstaff’s Predictions… Elijah Fisher
 00:08:15
Play 07 Baucis and Philemon Elijah Fisher
 00:09:23
Play 08 The logicians refuted Elijah Fisher
 00:03:33
Play 09 The puppet show Elijah Fisher
 00:04:07
Play 10 Candenus and Vanessa Elijah Fisher
 00:41:38
Play 11 STELLA’S BIRTHDAY, 1718 Elijah Fisher
 00:01:17
Play 12 STELLA’S BIRTHDAY, 1720. Elijah Fisher
 00:03:06
Play 13 STELLA’S BIRTHDAY Elijah Fisher
 00:04:33
Play 14 STELLA’S BIRTHDAY, 1724 Elijah Fisher
 00:02:49
Play 15 STELLA’S BIRTHDAY, MARCH 13, 1726 Elijah Fisher
 00:04:20
Play 16 TO STELLA Elijah Fisher
 00:06:46
Play 17 The first he wrote OCT. 17, 1727 Elijah Fisher
 00:03:49
Play 18 The second prayer was written NOV. 6, 1727. Elijah Fisher
 00:04:03
Play 19 The Beasts' confession (1732) Elijah Fisher
 00:11:29
Play 20 An argument to prove that the abolishing... Elijah Fisher
 00:38:55
Play 21 Hints towards and essay on conversation Elijah Fisher
 00:26:04
Play 22 Thoughts on various subjects Elijah Fisher
 00:24:13