Ritual and the idea of Europe in interwar writing
Query examines the ways interwar writers use three European ritual forms-verse drama, bullfighting and Roman Catholic rite-to articulate ideas of European cultural identity. Although these ritual forms were frequently associated with the most conservative tendencies of the age, Query shows that each...
| Основен автор: | Query, Patrick R. |
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| Формат: | Електронен |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Burlington, VT :
Ashgate,
℗♭2012.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
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Query examines the ways interwar writers use three European ritual forms-verse drama, bullfighting and Roman Catholic rite-to articulate ideas of European cultural identity. Although these ritual forms were frequently associated with the most conservative tendencies of the age, Query shows that each had a remarkable political flexibility in the hands of interwar writers including T.S. Eliot, W.B. Yeats, W.H. Auden, D.H. Lawrence, Stephen Spender, Cecil Day Lewis, Graham Greene, Evelyn Waugh and David Jones. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (pages cm) |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
1409446093 9781409446095 |