Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns

Charles Perrault, 17th century author who represented the Modernes.

The Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns (French: Querelle des Anciens et des Modernes) was a debate about literary and artistic merit, which expanded from the original debaters to the members of the Académie Française and the French literary community in the 17th century.


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