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Between the ancients and the moderns : Baroque culture in Restoration England / Joseph M. Levine.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Levine, Joseph M., 1933-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Evelyn, John, 1620-1706--Criticism and interpretation.
- Evelyn, John.
- Dryden, John, 1631-1700--Criticism and interpretation.
- Dryden, John.
- Saint-Evremond, 1613-1703--Criticism and interpretation.
- Saint-Evremond.
- Wren, Christopher, Sir, 1632-1723--Criticism and interpretation.
- Wren, Christopher.
- Evelyn, John, 1620-1706--Diaries.
- English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- Ancients and moderns, Quarrel of.
- Baroque literature--History and criticism.
- Baroque literature.
- Ancients and moderns, Quarrel of--History and criticism.
- Great Britain--History--Restoration, 1660-1688.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Civilization--French influences.
- England--Civilization--Classical influences.
- England.
- England--Intellectual life--17th century.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Diaries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 279 p. ) ill. ;
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, c1999.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "The quarrel between the ancients and the moderns was an old dispute when it was resumed with special ferocity in the later seventeenth century as writers and artists, their friends and patrons, debated how far to risk the freedom to innovate. In this book Joseph M. Levine argues that it was this tension that gave unity to the cultural life of the period and helped define its baroque character. He also asserts that, contrary to public opinion, neither side won - even as modern superiority was being proclaimed in philosophy and the sciences, the precedence of the ancients was being reaffirmed in literature and the arts."--Jacket.
- Contents:
- John Evelyn and the two cultures
- John Dryden between the ancients and the moderns
- France and England : the Sieur de Saint-Evremond
- Christopher Wren and the quarrel between the ancients and the moderns.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [210]-270) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-300-14346-X
- 0-585-35697-1
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