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Ravishing Tradition : Cultural Forces and Literary History /

Though central to contemporary debates over identity, politics, and culture, the concept of tradition often remains unexamined. In a series of readings that transgress cultural and disciplinary boundaries, Daniel Cottom subjects this concept to close scrutiny. He calls into question conventional acc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cottom, Daniel (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • CHAPTER ONE. Conspiring with Tradition: Jorge Luis Borges and the Question of the Miracle
  • CHAPTER TWO. Unpardoning Tradition: Coming to Grief in Shakespeare, Bronte, and Artaud
  • CHAPTER THREE. Captioning the Image of Tradition: Phillis Wheatley and Preposterous Authority
  • CHAPTER FOUR. Stereotyping Tradition: Charles Dickens and the Book of Fire
  • CHAPTER FIVE. The War of Tradition: Virginia Woolf and the Temper of Criticism
  • CHAPTER SIX. Getting It: John Ashbery and Colloquial Tradition
  • Notes
  • Index