Literature, Modernism and Myth: Belief and Responsibility in the Twentieth Century
- ISBN-10
- 0521580161
- ISBN-13
- 9780521580168
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 260
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997-01-28
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Authors
- Michael Bell, Bell Michael
Description
A study of the use of myth by modernists, and its relationship to contemporary notions of postmodernity.
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