Literature, Modernism and Myth: Belief And Responsibility In The Twentieth Century

by Michael Bell

2021-01-07 19:16:19

Modernist literature attempted to discover through myth an underlying metaphysic to an increasingly fragmented world. In Literature, Modernism and Myth, Michael Bell examines the relationship among myth, modernism and postmodernism. Bell shows how mo... Read more
Modernist literature attempted to discover through myth an underlying metaphysic to an increasingly fragmented world. In Literature, Modernism and Myth, Michael Bell examines the relationship among myth, modernism and postmodernism. Bell shows how modernists used myth to emphasize the contingency of all values. This anti-foundational element, Bell claims, enables myth to act as a corrective to the political claims of ideological critique. He shows how postmodern concerns with political and social responsibility have in fact been inherited from modernism. Less

Book Details

File size9.29 X 6.26 X 0.79 in
Print pages272
PublisherCambridge University Press
Publication date January 28, 1997
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780521580168

Compare Prices

Store Availability Book Format Condition Price
Indigo Books & Music In Stock Buy CAD 114.29
Indigo Books & MusicIn Stock
Format
Condition
Buy CAD 114.29
Available Discount
No Discount available

Join us and get access to all
your favourite books

Sign up for free and start exploring thousands of eBooks today.

Sign up for free