TY - JOUR
TI - Imitation of the Ancients as Seen by Pierre de Deimier and René Rapin
AU - Pawłowska, Maja
TI - Imitation of the Ancients as Seen by Pierre de Deimier and René Rapin
AB - 
	In their treaties, Deimier and Rapin welcome novelty and individualism. But, if Deimier sees this creative freedom as synonymous with inventiveness, Rapin attaches it, paradoxically, to the imitation of classical antiquity. This is indeed because he is dissatisfied with the output of French writers. In his view, French letters fail to match the greatness and the sublime quality of Latin and Greek literature, which he recommends should be studied and imitated. In imitating Homer and his art, irregular but captivating and full of charm, contemporary poets can hope to create singular and incomparable works of literature.
VL - Volume 18 (2018)
IS - Volume 18, Issue 4
PY - 2018
SN - 1732-8705
C1 - 2084-3917
SP - 201
EP - 208
DO - 10.4467/20843917RC.18.021.9593
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/romanica-cracoviensia/article/les-anciens-revus-par-pierre-de-deimier-et-rene-rapin
KW - Seventeenth-century French literature
KW - Pierre de Deimier
KW - René Rapin
KW - L’Académie de l’Art Poétique
KW - Réflexions sur la poétique et sur les poètes anciens et modernes
KW - Im itation of the Ancients