Ancients against Moderns - Culture Wars and the Making of a Fin de Siecle

Summary

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".

Product details

• Authors: Joan DeJean, DeJean Joan
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.02.1997
• EAN: 9780226141374
• ISBN: 978-0-226-14137-4
• No. of pages: 236
• Dimensions: 16 mm x 23 mm x 2 mm
• Weight: 482 g
• Series: emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; French, Cultural Studies, History: theory & methods, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Study & Teaching, Literary studies: general, History: theory and methods