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Between the Ancients and Moderns : Baroque Culture in Restoration England
Between the Ancients and Moderns Baroque Culture in Restoration England Author:Joseph Levine In the later seventeenth century, writers and artists engaged in ferocious debate over how far to imitate the classics and how far to risk the freedom to innovate. This book examines the careers and ideas of four prominent individuals-John Evelyn, John Dryden, Sieur de Saint-Evremond, and Christopher Wren-to illuminate the tension between ancien... more »ts and moderns that characterized the cultural and intellectual life of the period.« less