{"product_id":"homers-original-genius-eighteenth-century-notions-of-the-early-greek-epic-1688-1798-paperback-9780521134217","title":"Homer's Original Genius; Eighteenth-Century Notions of the Early Greek Epic (1688–1798) (Paperback) 9780521134217","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHomer's Original Genius\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEighteenth-Century Notions of the Early Greek Epic (1688–1798)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnalyses the development of the querelle des anciens et des modernes following the adoption of the argument of the modernist faction of seventeenth-century France.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKirsti Simonsuuri (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521134217, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 11 March 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.4 cm, 0.31 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe querelle des anciens et des modernes - the question whether writers should imitate the classics or use literary forms which seemed more suited to their own era - had been debated in Europe since the earliest days of the Renaissance. In seventeenth-century France, the modernist faction, led by Perrault, argued that a literary work owed its essential character to the prevailing social and cultural conditions; the more advanced the culture, the better its literature was likely to be. This reflected badly on classical writers since antiquity in this sense was manifestly inferior to contemporary France. It reflected particularly badly on Homer, since the great Homeric epics were seen as products of a primitive age. This book analyses the development of the querelle following the adoption of this theory, and also touches on a number of important incidental issues. Throughout, Dr Simonsuuri relates the development of ideas about Homer to developments in the fields of aesthetics, social theory and anthropology.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of plates\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Ancients and Moderns: 1. Ancients and moderns: the problem of cultural progress\u003cbr\u003e 2. Opposition to antiquity: Charles Perrault\u003cbr\u003e 3. The interpretation of early Greek epic: Mme Dacier and the Homeric war\u003cbr\u003e 4. Pope's view of Homer: 'fire' and invention\u003cbr\u003e 5. Voltaire and the poetry of the primitive age\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Primitivism and Realism: 6. Epic genius: the departure from the neoclassical model\u003cbr\u003e 7. Vico's discovery of the true Homer\u003cbr\u003e 8. Thomas Blackwell: the problem of Homer's genius\u003cbr\u003e 9. Notions of poetry and society in the controversy about Ossian\u003cbr\u003e 10. The primitivists and the primitive bard\u003cbr\u003e 11. Poetry is 'original imitation': Robert Wood's theory of the Homeric epic\u003cbr\u003e 12. The originality of Homer: some conclusions\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006036922648,"sku":"9780521134217","price":29.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521134217i_b4acea24-a71c-4327-b32f-85a9be1f0db1.jpg?v=1691372175","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/homers-original-genius-eighteenth-century-notions-of-the-early-greek-epic-1688-1798-paperback-9780521134217","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}