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- The Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns (French: Querelle des Anciens et des Modernes) was a debate about literary and artistic merit, which expanded from the original debaters to the members of the Académie Française and the French literary community in the 17th century.
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The Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns (French: Querelle des Anciens et des Modernes) was a debate about literary and artistic merit, which expanded from the original debaters to the members of the Académie Française and the French literary community in the 17th century.
During this early period, the quarrel revolved around questions concerning language (whether Latin and Greek were superior to modern vernacular languages), religion (early Christian simplicity...
The quarrel between the ancients and moderns is a recurrent theme in the history of ideas. It was already being argued in the later days of the Roman Empire as an increasing nostalgia for the past developed. The dialogue on oratory attributed to Tacitus is a good example of this burgeoning contest.
One obvious touchstone was the famous “quarrel between the ancients and the moderns,” which began in the Renaissance and came to a climax at the end of the seventeenth century in the celebrated...
Dec 1, 2010 · Most specifically, the quarrel between the ancients and the moderns for Strauss is about the excesses of modern claims for the authoritative claims of reason and the philosophical moderation of the ancients.
Ancients and Moderns, subject of a literary dispute that raged in France and England in the 17th century. The “Ancients” maintained that the literature of ancient Greece and Rome offered the only models for literary excellence; the “Moderns” challenged the supremacy of Classical writers.
Explores Charles Perrault's and Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux' interpretations of a fragmented text by the classical writer Longinus, which they used in the Quarrel between the Ancients and the...
