Ancients against moderns: culture wars and the making of a fin de siecle
Auteur :
DeJean, Joan
Éditeur :
The University of Chicago Press
ISBN :
9780226141381
Date de publication :
15 mars 1997
Dimensions :
2,3 x 1,5 x 0,2 cm
Poids :
369 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
As the end of the 20th century approaches, many predict that it will mirror the 19th-century decline into decadence. The author of this text finds a closer analogy with the culture wars of France in the 1690s - a battle of the books known as the "Quarrel between the Ancients and Moderns"