02691nam 2200577Ia 450 991046536840332120200520144314.00-19-152700-997866111494681-281-14946-2(CKB)2560000000295985(EBL)415841(OCoLC)437096037(SSID)ssj0000122981(PQKBManifestationID)11136008(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000122981(PQKBWorkID)10132335(PQKB)11212481(StDuBDS)EDZ0000072625(MiAaPQ)EBC415841(Au-PeEL)EBL415841(CaPaEBR)ebr10183336(CaONFJC)MIL114946(EXLCZ)99256000000029598520070220d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe classic[electronic resource] Sainte-Beuve and the nineteenth-century culture wars /Christopher PrendergastNew York Oxford University Press20071 online resource (326 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-921585-5 0-19-170691-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; ZFocusing on a moment and a source in 19th-century France, Christopher Prendergast takes up a big question that is still with us: <i>What is a classic?</i> 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. - ;Focusing on a moment and a source in nineteenth-century France, Christopher Prendergast takes up a big question that is still with us: What is a classic? The question CriticismElectronic books.Criticism.848/.709Prendergast Christopher853273MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465368403321The classic2157493UNINA