The Tradition of Return : : The Implicit History of Modern Literature / / Jeffrey M. Perl.

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...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]
©1984
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 689
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Physical Description:1 online resource (340 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
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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
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.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781400856381
9783110413441
9783110413533
9783110442496
DOI:10.1515/9781400856381
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Jeffrey M. Perl.