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"The quarrel between the ancients and the moderns was an old dispute when it was resumed with special ferocity in the later seventeenth century as writers and artists, their friends and patrons, debated how far to risk the freedom to innovate. In this book Joseph M. Levine argues that it was this tension that gave unity to the cultural life of the period and helped define its baroque character. He also asserts that, contrary to public opinion, neither side won - even as modern superiority was being proclaimed in philosophy and the sciences, the precedence of the ancients was being reaffirmed in literature and the arts."--Jacket.

English literature --- Ancients and moderns, Quarrel of. --- Baroque literature --- Ancients and moderns, Quarrel of --- English --- Languages & Literatures --- English Literature --- Literature, Baroque --- European literature --- Battle of the books --- Literary tradition --- Moderns and ancients, Quarrel of --- Quarrel of ancients and moderns --- Tradition in literature --- Classicism --- French literature --- Comparative literature --- History and criticism. --- History and criticism --- Classical and modern --- Modern and classical --- Evelyn, John, --- Dryden, John, --- Saint-Evremond, --- Wren, Christopher, --- J. E. --- E., J. --- I. E. --- E., I. --- Phileleutheros, --- Philocepos, --- Marguetel de Saint-Denis, Charles de, --- Saint-Evremond, Charles de Marguetel de Saint-Denis, --- Saint-Denis, Charles de Marguetel de, --- Saint-Evremont, --- St. Evremont, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Great Britain --- England --- France --- History --- Civilization --- French influences. --- Classical influences. --- Intellectual life --- Dryden, John --- Drāydan, Jawn, --- Dryden, --- Author of Absalom & Achitophel, --- Author of Absalom and Achitophel, --- Absalom & Achitophel, Author of, --- Drydon, John, --- Bays, --- Bayes, --- Person of quality, --- D-n, --- Driden, John, --- Drajden, Džon, --- Драјден, Џон,