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The shock of the ancient literature & history in early modern France

Title
The shock of the ancient [electronic resource] : literature & history in early modern France / Larry F. Norman.
Author
Norman, Larry F.
Publication
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2011.

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Description
1 online resource (viii, 288 p.)
Uniform Title
Shock of the ancient (Online)
Alternative Title
Shock of the ancient (Online)
Subject
  • Ancients and moderns, Quarrel of
  • Aesthetics in literature
  • Criticism > France
  • France > Intellectual life > 17th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-277) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Experiencing antiquity -- Historical sensibility -- Whose ancients & moderns? -- Asserting modernity -- Splintered paths of progress -- Antiquity without authority -- The shock -- Why the scandal? -- Modernity & monarchy -- The pagan menace -- Morality and sociability -- The ancients respond -- Aesthetics: the geometric and the sublime -- Philosophy's turn -- The ineffable effect -- After the quarrel.
LCCN
2010032031
OCLC
ssj0000525668
Author
Norman, Larry F.
Title
The shock of the ancient [electronic resource] : literature & history in early modern France / Larry F. Norman.
Imprint
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2011.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-277) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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