Culture & Conflict. Myth in the Modern Novel Imagining the Absolute

Myth in the Modern Novel: Imagining the Absolute posits a twofold thesis. First, although Modernity is regarded as an era dominated by science and rational thought, it has in fact not relinquished the hold of myth, a more "primitive" form of thought which is difficult to reconcile with mod...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Steinby, Liisa
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Berlin ; Boston De Gruyter [2023]
Zusammenfassung:
Myth in the Modern Novel: Imagining the Absolute posits a twofold thesis. First, although Modernity is regarded as an era dominated by science and rational thought, it has in fact not relinquished the hold of myth, a more "primitive" form of thought which is difficult to reconcile with modern rationality. Second, some of the most important statements as to the reconcilability of myth and Modernity are found in the work of certain prominent novelists. This book offers a close examination of the work of eleven writers from the late eighteenth century to the beginning of the twenty-first, representing German, French, American, Czech and Swedish literature. The analyses of individual novels reveal a variety of intriguing views of myth in Modernity, and offer an insight into the "modernizing" transformations myth has undergone when applied in the modern novel. The study shows the presence of the "subconscious", the mythic layer, in modern western culture and how this has been dealt with in novelistic literature
Umfang:
1 online resource (XII, 545 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Issued also in print
Schriftenreihe:
Culture & Conflict
ISBN:
9783111026503
DOI:
10.1515/9783111026503
Zugangseinschränkungen:
restricted access
Schlagworte:
Moderne
Mythos
Roman der Moderne
LITERARY CRITICISM / General
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