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François de Callieres - Histoire poétique de la guerre nouvellement déclarée entre les Anciens et les Modernes - 1688

François de Callieres - Histoire poétique de la guerre nouvellement déclarée entre les Anciens et les Modernes - 1688
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François de Callières’ work titled 'Histoire poétique de la guerre nouvellement déclarée entre les Anciens et les Modernes' (1688) reflects a vibrant intellectual debate during the late 17th century known as the Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns. This literary and artistic controversy pitted proponents of classical antiquity (the Ancients) against advocates of contemporary innovation (the Moderns). Through poetic narrative, de Callières dramatized the conflict, which touched on values like artistic merit, knowledge progress, and cultural authority in literature and art.

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