Pedant’s revolt: Dissent in the hierarchy of scripts by Sawyer, D

Traditions of learning around the English battle of the books by Cattaneo, M

“…The article further emphasizes how the satirists (Swift especially) were aware of this strand of criticism, and yet how they hid their debt to it in order to portray textual criticism as a whole as a pedantic exercise. The Battle of the Books should therefore not be seen as a straightforward opposition between “supporters of the ancients” and “supporters of the moderns,” but as contention between doctrine and reason.…”

The satire of the Salonnière: women and humour in Seventeenth-Century France by Nicholson, A

“…This wannabe salon hostess strives to imitate the titular salonnière, Sapho, and become a well-respected savante, but instead appears excessive and pedantic in her efforts, attracting the ridicule of Sapho and her circle. …”