The classic : Sainte-Beuve and the nineteenth-century culture wars / Christopher Prendergast.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Prendergast, Christopher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sainte-Beuve, Charles Augustin, 1804-1869.

Sainte-Beuve, Charles Augustin.

Criticism.

Physical Description:

315 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Summary:

Focusing on a moment and a source in 19th-century France, Christopher Prendergast takes up a big question that is still with us: What is a classic? His enquiry, which centres on the French critic Sainte-Beuve (1804-69), who asked the question 'Qu'est-ce qu'un classique?' in an essay of 1850, takes us on a tour of the history of the 'classic' that provides insights into and beyond the 'culture wars' of the 19th century.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Abbreviations

1. Introduction: The Profession of Criticism

2. The View from Montserrat

3. Classic and Nation

4. Latinity and the Second Renaissance

5. Homer or Virgil?

6. Origins and the Middle Ages

7. Romans, Gauls, and Franks

8. Literature and Democracy

9. The Foundations of Culture

10. The Modern Classic

11. Postscript: The Good Frenchman

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

V

W

X

Z.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780191527005

0191527009

OCLC:

437096037