The tradition of return : the implicit history of modern literature / Jeffrey M. Perl.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perl, Jeffrey M., author.

Series:

Princeton Legacy Library

Princeton legacy library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature, Modern--History and criticism.

Literature, Modern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (340 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1984]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Jeffrey Perl presents in this book a comprehensive reassessment of modernism and an effort to enrich our understanding of the direction literary culture has taken since the Renaissance.Originally published in 1984.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Permissions

Acknowledgments

Prologue

Part One. Ideology and History

I. Nostos: An Introduction

II. The Process of Return

III. Classicism, an Historical Explanation

PART TWO. The History of an Ideology: Case Studies

IV. Tragedy

V. Novel and Epic: Reading Backwards from Ulysses

VI. Novel and Epic: The Ithaca of History

VII. Myth

VIII. The Politics of Return: An Admonitory Postlogue

Notes

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages [283]-314.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4008-5638-8

OCLC:

922705342