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While in the 17th and 18th centuries, the concept of “classic” and its derivatives denoted superiority or competence especially attributed to Roman Antiquity writers, with the revolutions of romantic and then historicist thoughts, they started to qualify a style parallel to romantic conception or challenging the opposing styles. That happened through 19th century in connection with the canon formation in various European languages.
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Acik, T. (2011). What was a Classic Until the Beginning of 20th Century?. In: Tymieniecka, AT. (eds) Phenomenology/Ontopoiesis Retrieving Geo-cosmic Horizons of Antiquity. Analecta Husserliana, vol 110. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1691-9_5
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