Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns
Literary and artistic debate that started in the 17th century / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Ancient and Modern" redirects here. For the hymn book, see Hymns Ancient and Modern.
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.