Impossible modernism : T.S. Eliot, Walter Benjamin, and the critique of historical reason /

'Impossible Modernism' reads the writings of German philosopher and critic Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) and Anglo-American poet and critic T.S. Eliot (1888-1965) to examine the relationship between literary and historical form during the modernist period. It focuses particularly on how they...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lehman, Robert S. (Robert Scott) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Eliot, T. S. > (Thomas Stearns), > 1888-1965 > Criticism and interpretation.
Benjamin, Walter, > 1892-1940 > Criticism and interpretation.
Benjamin, Walter, > 1892-1940
Eliot, T. S. > (Thomas Stearns), > 1888-1965
Literature and history.
Modernism (Literature)
Littérature et histoire.
Modernisme (Littérature)
POETRY > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > General.
Literature and history
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Preface; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: The Poetry and the Prose of the Future; Part 1: Gathering Dust, T.S. Eliot; 1. Lyric; 2. Satire; 3. Myth; Part 2: Killing Time, Walter Benjamin; 4. Order; 5. Anecdote; 6. Allegory; Conclusion: The Lightning Flash and the Storm of Progress; Notes; Works Cited; Index.

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