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

• Autore: Prendergast Christopher
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (326 p.)
• Disciplina: 848/.709
• Soggetto topico: Criticism
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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: <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
• Titolo autorizzato: The classic
• ISBN: 0-19-152700-9; 9786611149468; 1-281-14946-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910465368403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II