Responses to Modernity: Essays in the Politics of Culture

Joseph Frank

Published by Fordham University Press 2012

Responses to Modernity

Essays in the Politics of Culture

Joseph Frank

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780823292493

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This book consists of essays and reviews that address social, political, and cultural issues which arose in connection with literature broadly conceived in the wake of the First World War, and extending throughout the twentieth century.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Previous Publication Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part one. France
1. Paul Valéry: Masters and Friends Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
2. Jacques Maritain: Medieval Modernism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	22
3. Camus as Journalist Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	34
4. Andre Malraux: A Hero of His Time Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
5. Yves Bonnefoy: Notes of an Admirer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
6. Racine and Anti-Semitism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	78
7. Nicola Chiaromonte: The Ethics of Politics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	86
8. French Intellectuals between the Wars Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	96
9. Sartre: An Existentialist in the Underworld Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
Part two. Germany and Romania
10. Ernst Juenger: An Impenitent Prussian Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
11. The ‘‘Double Life’’ of Gottfried Benn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	116
12. Erich Kahler and the Quest for a Human Absolute Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	120
13. Eliade, Cioran, Ionesco: The Treason of the Intellectuals Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	136
Part three. Critics and Criticism
14. Eliot’s Legacy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
15. The Novel in Wonderland Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
16. R. P. Blackmur’s Texts: An Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
17. Ian Watt: A Tribute Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
18. Gary Saul Morson’s Narrative and Freedom Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	204
19. Lilian Furst and the Art of Literary Realism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221

Language: English
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 246

eBook

Published: March 24, 2022
ISBN: 9780823292493