Legendary figures
Subtitle: ancient history in modern novels
By: Clayton Koelb.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
Subjects: History in literature; Fiction -- History and criticism
Description: Legendary Figures examines revolutionary views of the past that have played a crucial role in European and American literature of the last 150 years. Clayton Koelb traces these new approaches to history through art impressive range of novels, from Flaubert's Salammbo to Christa Wolf's Cassandra.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-179) and index.
Table of contents: title: The legendary past : Gustave Flaubert's Salammbô; title: The legendary present : Walter Pater's Marius the Epicurean; title: The garment of the mystery : Thomas Mann's Joseph tetralogy; title: The legendary self : Hermann Broch's The death of Virgil; title: De morte caesarum : Thornton Wilder's The ides of March; title: The alien within : Margaret Yourcenar's Memoirs of Hadrian; title: The future of antiquity : Christa Wolf's Cassandra.