The Classic Vision Vol. 2The Retreat from Extremity in Modern Literature |
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| Author:
| Krieger, Murray |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8018-1551-5 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 1973 |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $32.00 |
Book Description:
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In an earlier book Professor Krieger discussed the tragic vision as the confrontation with extremity -- the writer's commitment to a master metaphor even as he acknowledges the incompleteness of that metaphor. The term 'classic' is used here to indicate 'the sense of restraint, of acceptance, of coming to terms with limitations self-imposed -- as ......
In an earlier book Professor Krieger discussed the tragic vision as the confrontation with extremity -- the writer's commitment to a master metaphor even as he acknowledges the incompleteness of that metaphor. The term 'classic' is used here to indicate 'the sense of restraint, of acceptance, of coming to terms with limitations self-imposed -- as ......