Myth, language and tradition : a study of Yeats, Stevens and Eliot in the context of Heidegger's search for being / by Wit Pietrzak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pietrzak, Wit.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gesture in literature.

Myth in literature.

Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965--Criticism and interpretation.

Eliot, T. S.

Stevens, Wallace, 1879-1955--Criticism and interpretation.

Stevens, Wallace.

Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939--Criticism and interpretation.

Yeats, W. B.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (327 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Myth, Language and Tradition is an in-depth study of three modernist poets: W. B. Yeats, Wallace Stevens and T. S. Eliot with regard to the concepts of myth, poetic language and tradition. These are analysed against the later philosophy of Martin Heidegger. Each part of the book is devoted to one poet and one of the abovementioned aspects, the conclusion seeks to consolidate the various ideas explored throughout the book and to propose a new reading of the literary modernism. The main objec...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; PART I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; PART II; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; PART III; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-315) and index.

ISBN:

1-4438-3079-8

OCLC:

823722101