Modernity and the Reinvention of Tradition - 9780521517461
Un libro in lingua di Stephen Prickett edito da Cambridge Univ Pr, 2009
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The idea of tradition seems a timeless one, but our modern understanding of the term was actually shaped by the Victorian revival of tradition as a cornerstone of religion, art and culture. Stephen Prickett traces how the word 'tradition' fell out of use in English by the middle of the eighteenth century and how it returned in the nineteenth having radically changed and gained in meaning. Prickett analyses the work of authors who, like Burke, perhaps unexpectedly, avoid use of the concept, as well as those who, like Coleridge, Keble and Newman, who, variously influenced by German Romantics, explored it in detail, and disagreed profoundly with each other as to its implications. An important contribution to literature, history and theology, this sweeping work shows how people manufacture their own idea of truth, customs, or ancient wisdom to make sense of the past in terms of a problematic present.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Modernity and the Reinvention of Tradition
- Sottotitolo: Backing into the Future
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Stephen Prickett
- Editore: Cambridge Univ Pr
- Collana: Cambridge Univ Pr (Hardcover)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 29 Maggio '09
- Genere: LITERARY CRITICISM
- Argomenti : Tradition (Philosophy) History Tradition (Theology) History of doctrines Literature, Modern 19th century History and criticism
- Pagine: 265
- Peso gr: 588
- Dimensioni mm: 234 x 158 x 25
- ISBN-10: 052151746X
- EAN-13: 9780521517461