Research Catalog

The shock of the ancient : literature and history in early modern France

Title
The shock of the ancient : literature and history in early modern France / Larry F. Norman.
Author
Norman, Larry F.
Publication
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

1 Item

StatusFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
TextUse in library JFE 12-1095Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

Details

Description
viii, 288 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Ancients and moderns, Quarrel of
  • Aesthetics in literature
  • Criticism > France
  • France > Intellectual life > 17th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 & sociability -- The ancients respond -- Aesthetics: the geometric & the sublime -- Philosophy's turn -- The ineffable effect -- After the quarrel.
Call Number
JFE 12-1095
ISBN
  • 9780226591483 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0226591484 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2010032031
OCLC
652743746
Author
Norman, Larry F.
Title
The shock of the ancient : literature and history in early modern France / Larry F. Norman.
Imprint
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 12-1095
View in Legacy Catalog