The classic [[electronic resource] ] : Sainte-Beuve and the nineteenth-century culture wars / / Christopher Prendergast

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910820410603321
• Autore: Prendergast Christopher
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007
• ISBN: 9780191527005; 0191527009
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 315 p
• Disciplina: 848/.709
• Soggetti: Criticism
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction: The Profession of Criticism -- 2. The View from Montserrat -- 3. Classic and Nation -- 4. Latinity and the Second Renaissance -- 5. Homer or Virgil? -- 6. Origins and the Middle Ages -- 7. Romans, Gauls, and Franks -- 8. Literature and Democracy -- 9. The Foundations of Culture -- 10. The Modern Classic -- 11. Postscript: The Good Frenchman -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- X -- Z.
• Sommario/riassunto: Focusing on a moment and a source in 19th-century France, Christopher Prendergast takes up a big question that is still with us: What is a classic? His enquiry, which centres on the French critic Sainte-Beuve (1804-69), who asked the question 'Qu'est-ce qu'un classique?' in an essay of 1850, takes us on a tour of the history of the 'classic' that provides insights into and beyond the 'culture wars' of the 19th century.