Antoine Houdart de La Motte
Standard Name: La Motte, Antoine Houdart de
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Friends, Associates | Anne Dacier | AD
frequented the salon of the writer Anne-Thérèse de Lambert
, where she became well acquainted with Antoine Houdart de La Motte
(a combatant on the other side of the Battle of the Ancients and... |
| Friends, Associates | Anne-Thérèse de Lambert | The circle which ATL
gathered as a hostess included, besides Montesquieu
(who submitted all his manuscripts to her for comment), Dacier
and La Motte
, other eminent persons such as writers Marivaux
, Fontenelle
,... |
| Literary responses | Anne Dacier | For the moment it was Dacier's version which prevailed. Her translation went through three more editions before the end of the century; it was praised by La Motte
, and in England influenced Ambrose Philips |
| Occupation | Anne-Thérèse de Lambert | Among the subjects most often canvassed at de Lambert's salon was the querelle des anciens et modernes (the battle of the ancients and moderns). Its leading figures (Anne Dacier
, translator of Homer
into... |
| Reception | Anne Dacier | This translation made its debut at a time of renewed struggle in the querelle of the ancients and moderns. This debate had arisen in the 1680s, with Boileau
maintaining the superiority of ancient culture and... |
| Textual Production | Anne Dacier | AD
replied with Des Causes de la Corruption du Goût (offically approved on this day) to the critique of her L'Iliade d'Homère by Antoine Houdart de La Motte
in his French verse adaptation and his... |
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