Title Between the ancients and the moderns : Baroque culture in Restoration England / Joseph M. Levine

Published New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, ©1999

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 279 pages) : illustrations Contents John Evelyn and the two cultures -- John Evelyn and the education of antiquity -- Evelyn between the ancients and the moderns -- John Dryden between the ancients and the moderns -- Dryden and the moderns -- Dryden and the ancients -- Dryden and the battle of the books -- Dryden's virgil and the triumph of antiquity -- France and England: the sieur de Saint-Evremond -- Saint-Evremond and the moderns -- Saint-Evremond, Dryden and the opera -- Saint-Evremond in England -- Christopher Wren and the quarrel between the ancients and the moderns -- Restoration architecture and the young Christopher Wren -- Restoration architecture between the ancients and the moderns 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-270) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Evelyn, John, 1620-1706 -- Diaries Dryden, John, 1631-1700 -- Criticism and interpretation Saint-Evremond, 1613-1703 -- Criticism and interpretation Wren, Christopher, Sir, 1632-1723 -- Criticism and interpretation SUBJECT Dryden, John, 1631-1700 fast Evelyn, John, 1620-1706 fast Saint-Evremond, 1613-1703 fast Wren, Christopher, Sir, 1632-1723 fast Subject English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism Ancients and moderns, Quarrel of. Baroque literature -- History and criticism LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Ancients and moderns, Quarrel of Baroque literature Civilization -- Classical influences Civilization -- French influences English literature -- Early modern Intellectual life Engels. Bellettrie. Barok. English. Languages & Literatures. English Literature. SUBJECT Great Britain -- History -- Restoration, 1660-1688. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056801 Great Britain -- Civilization -- French influences. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89000978 England -- Civilization -- Classical influences. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96006768 England -- Intellectual life -- 17th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043302 Subject England Great Britain Genre/Form History Criticism, interpretation, etc. Diaries Form Electronic book LC no. 99026545 ISBN 0585356971 9780585356976

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