Sainte-Beuve and Greco-Roman Antiquity.

Language: English

Published by The Press of Case Western Reserve University., 1969

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XV, 261 S. / p. leicht braunfleckig im Schnitt, ansonsten tadelloser Zustand / light brown spotting in the cut, otherwise perfect condition - One of the persistent misconceptions concerning Romanticism, Dr. Mulhauser states, is that its rejection of literary neo-classicism involved simultaneous rejections of the traditional discipline of classicism and of classical forms of literature. -- Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve ( 1804 - 1869 ) was the spokesman for his generation of Romantic poets in France and yet had, Dr. Mulhauser demonstrates, a fundamental and constant contact with Greco-Roman antiquity. This factor proves to be a more meaningful key to his literary criticism than most biographers have realized. -- The purpose of the first part of the study is to discover and describe accurately the scope of Sainte-Beuves knowledge of classical, especially Greek, literature and to show how his involvement with Greco-Roman tradition did much to form and temper his tastes and ideas. The author discusses chronolosically Sainte-Beuves developing knowledge of classical languages and literature, taking into consideration his reading, not only of Greek and Roman authors, but also of French humanistic literature, which directed his interest toward antiquity and proved a rich source of inspiration. -- The second part examines the implications of this background through successive discussions of Sainte-Beuve and his attitudes toward the classical historians and historiography, Homer and Homeric erudition, the Greek Anthology, and the bucolic poets and poetic theory. -- The concluding chapter presents a synthesis of Sainte-Beuves attitudes by focusing on one of the central creative tensions in his work: the concern with tradition. He was engaged in a search for balance between revolution and reaction in literature: resolutely facing contemporary questions, yet regarding them at the same time as elements of a natural continuity that stretched backward to the classical period. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550 Original Leinen kaschiert mit Schutzumschlag / Cloth laminated with dust jacket.…

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Title
Sainte-Beuve and Greco-Roman Antiquity.
Author
Mulhauser, Ruth E.:
Publisher
The Press of Case Western Reserve University.
Publication year
1969
Condition
Gut
Dust jacket
Dust Jacket Included
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
Item weight
550 grams
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