Literature, Modernism and Myth
Subtitle: Belief and Responsibility in the Twentieth Century
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: December 14, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9780521035347
Subjects: Literary studies: from c 1900 -; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; British Isles; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Literature, Modern--20th century--History and; Literature, Modern--20th century--History and criticism
First sentence: Martin Heidegger described modernity as the 'age of the world picture': The expressions 'world picture of the modern age' and 'modern world picture' both mean the same thing and both assume something that never could have been before, namely, a medieval world picture and an ancient world picture.