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  1. The battle of the books
    history and literature in the Augustan Age
    Published: 1991
    Publisher:  Cornell University Press, Ithaca, N.Y

    "Joseph M. Levine provides a witty and erudite account of one of the most celebrated chapters in English cultural history, the acrimonious quarrel between the "ancients" and the "moderns" which Jonathan Swift dubbed "the Battle of the Books." The... more

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    Universitätsbibliothek Freiburg
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    "Joseph M. Levine provides a witty and erudite account of one of the most celebrated chapters in English cultural history, the acrimonious quarrel between the "ancients" and the "moderns" which Jonathan Swift dubbed "the Battle of the Books." The dispute that amused and excited the English world of letters from 1690 until the 1730s was, Levine shows, an installment in the long-standing debate about the relationship of classical learning to modern life."--Jacket 1. Wotton vs. Temple -- 2. Bentley vs. Christ Church -- 3. Stroke and Counterstroke -- 4. The Querelle -- 5. Ancient Greece and Modern Scholarship -- 6. Pope's Iliad -- 7. Pope and the Quarrel between the Ancients and the Moderns -- 8. Bentley's Milton -- 9. History and Theory -- 10. Ancients -- 11. Moderns -- 12. Ancients and Moderns.

     

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  2. The battle of the books
    history and literature in the Augustan Age
    Published: 1991
    Publisher:  Cornell University Press, Ithaca, N.Y

    "Joseph M. Levine provides a witty and erudite account of one of the most celebrated chapters in English cultural history, the acrimonious quarrel between the "ancients" and the "moderns" which Jonathan Swift dubbed "the Battle of the Books." The... more

    Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt / Zentrale
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    "Joseph M. Levine provides a witty and erudite account of one of the most celebrated chapters in English cultural history, the acrimonious quarrel between the "ancients" and the "moderns" which Jonathan Swift dubbed "the Battle of the Books." The dispute that amused and excited the English world of letters from 1690 until the 1730s was, Levine shows, an installment in the long-standing debate about the relationship of classical learning to modern life."--BOOK JACKET 1. Wotton vs. Temple -- 2. Bentley vs. Christ Church -- 3. Stroke and Counterstroke -- 4. The Querelle -- 5. Ancient Greece and Modern Scholarship -- 6. Pope's Iliad -- 7. Pope and the Quarrel between the Ancients and the Moderns -- 8. Bentley's Milton -- 9. History and Theory -- 10. Ancients -- 11. Moderns -- 12. Ancients and Moderns

     

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    Content information
    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0801425379; 0801481996; 1501727648; 9780801425370; 9780801481994; 9781501727641
    RVK Categories: HK 1071 ; HK 1031 ; HK 1081 ; NB 5450
    Subjects: Ancients and moderns, Quarrel of; Historiography; English literature; Classical literature; Classicism; Classical literature; Criticism; Comparative literature; Comparative literature
    Other subjects: Augustus Emperor of Rome (63 B.C.-14 A.D)
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 428 pages), illustrations, map
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    Includes bibliographical references and index