ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -’The Battle of the Books’ is written on the famous controversies on the relative matters of the ancient writers. In this controversy Swift took the side of Sir William Temple, his patron. Temple favoured the merits of the ancients. Bentley and Wotton challenged Temple’s views.

Detailed explanation-2: -As a minister, it was beneath his station to answer common and professional (known then as “hack") authors, so most of the battle took place between Temple’s enemies and Temple’s proxies. Notably, Jonathan Swift was not among the participants, though he was working as Temple’s secretary.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1993, Peggy Mavis, coordinator of the elementary libraries of the Mount Vernon City Schools, decided to bring it to Mount Vernon. Mrs. Mavis created a round robin tournament in which teams from various schools competed against each other. The first game was played between 4 of the 7 schools at Central Office.