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The Shock of the Ancient: Literature & History in Early Modern France Hardcover - 2011
by Larry F. Norman
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- Title The Shock of the Ancient: Literature & History in Early Modern France
- Author Larry F. Norman
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 296
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Chicago Press
- Date 2011-04
- Features Bibliography, Index
- ISBN 9780226591483 / 0226591484
- Weight 1.23 lbs (0.56 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6.2 x 1 in (22.86 x 15.75 x 2.54 cm)
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- Cultural Region: French
- Library of Congress subjects France - Intellectual life - 17th century, Aesthetics in literature
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010032031
- Dewey Decimal Code 840.900
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New. The cultural battle known as the Quarrel of the Ancients and Moderns has most often been depicted as pitting antiquarian conservatives against the insurgent critics of established authority. One of the most public controversies of early modern Europe, the Quarrel served as a sly cover for more deeply opposed views about the value of literature and the arts. "The Shock of the Ancient" turns the canonical vision of those events on its head by demonstrating how the defenders of Greek literature - rather than clinging to an outmoded tradition - celebrated the radically different practices of the ancient world. At a time when the constraints of decorum and the politics of French absolutism quashed the expression of cultural differences, the ancient world presented a disturbing face of otherness. Larry F. Norman explores how the authoritative status of ancient Greek texts allowed them to justify literary depictions of the scandalous. "The Shock of the Ancient"…
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