Focusing on a moment and a source in 19th-century France, Christopher Prendergast takes up a big question that is still with us: What is a classic? His enquiry, which centres on the French critic Sainte-Beuve (1804-69), who asked the question "Qu'est-ce qu'un classique?" in an essay of 1850, takes us on a tour of the history of the "classic" that provides insights into and beyond the "culture wars" of the 19th century.
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Focusing on a moment and a source in 19th-century France, Christopher Prendergast takes up a big question that is still with us: What is a classic? His enquiry, which centres on the French critic Sainte-Beuve (1804-69), who asked the question "Qu'est-ce qu'un classique?" in an essay of 1850, takes us on a tour of the history of the "classic" that provides insights into and beyond the "culture wars" of the 19th century.
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