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- catalog abstract ""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.".
- catalog contributor b11331374.
- catalog coverage "England Civilization Classical influences.".
- catalog coverage "England Intellectual life 17th century.".
- catalog coverage "Great Britain Civilization French influences.".
- catalog coverage "Great Britain History Restoration, 1660-1688.".
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description ""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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [210]-270) and index.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 279 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0300079141 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New Haven : Yale University Press,".
- catalog spatial "England Civilization Classical influences.".
- catalog spatial "England Intellectual life 17th century.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain Civilization French influences.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain History Restoration, 1660-1688.".
- catalog subject "820.9/004 21".
- catalog subject "Ancients and moderns, Quarrel of.".
- catalog subject "Baroque literature History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Dryden, John, 1631-1700 Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "English literature Early modern, 1500-1700 History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Evelyn, John, 1620-1706 Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "Evelyn, John, 1620-1706 Diaries.".
- catalog subject "PR438.A53 L48 1999".
- catalog subject "PR438.A53 L48 1999X".
- catalog subject "Saint-Evremond, 1613-1703 Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "Wren, Christopher, Sir, 1632-1723 Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog tableOfContents "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.".
- catalog title "Between the ancients and the moderns : Baroque culture in Restoration England / Joseph M. Levine.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "Diaries. fast".
- catalog type "text".