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Images of Crisis: Literary Iconology, 1750 to the Present - Couverture rigide

Landow, George P.

 
9781138796102: Images of Crisis: Literary Iconology, 1750 to the Present
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1138796107 ISBN 13 : 9781138796102
Editeur : Routledge, 2014

Synopsis

First published in 1982, Images of Crisis explores the premise that literature and art exploit various images to present culturally prevalent ideas, and thus create their own form of iconology. George Landow shows how the tumultuous history of the past two hundred years has resulted in a plethora of metaphors associated with moments of human crisis. Avalanches and volcanoes emerge as focal images in an aesthetic that concerns itself increasingly with the vulnerability of humanity. However, it is in the transformation of traditional religious images that the ideas of the vacant universe are most dramatically presented. Associated with this central idea are ironic transformations of other images that formerly had been associated with Christianity as paradigms of belief: the journey of Odysseus, the rainbow of the Covenant and Robinson Crusoe.

Combining close textual analysis with a theory of literary iconology, this fascinating reissue will be of particular value to students with an interest in literary images, and literary and cultural history.

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Landow, George P.

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Éditeur
Routledge
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1138796107
ISBN 13 
9781138796102
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
266
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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