Between the ancients and the moderns : Baroque culture in Restoration England / Joseph M. Levine
1999, 1st edition. New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Previous owner's notes in ink and highlights throughout (not too many). Item #443670
ISBN: 0300079141
Physical description; (xiii, 279 pages) : 24.5 cm. Contents; John Evelyn and the two cultures -- John Evelyn and the education of antiquity -- Evelyn between the ancients and the moderns -- John Dryden between the ancients and the moderns -- Dryden and the moderns -- Dryden and the ancients -- Dryden and the battle of the books -- Dryden's virgil and the triumph of antiquity -- France and England: the sieur de Saint-Evremond -- Saint-Evremond and the moderns -- Saint-Evremond, Dryden and the opera -- Saint-Evremond in England -- Christopher Wren and the quarrel between the ancients and the moderns -- Restoration architecture and the young Christopher Wren -- Restoration architecture between the ancients and the moderns. Subjects; Evelyn, John 1620-1706 ; Diaries. Dryden, John 1631-1700 Criticism and interpretation. Saint-Evremond 1613-1703 Criticism and interpretation. Wren, Christopher Sir 1632-1723 Criticism and interpretation. LITERARY CRITICISM European English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Baroque literature. Civilization Classical influences. Civilization French influences. English literature Early modern.
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