Dialogues with/and great books
Subtitle: the dynamics of canon formation
By: David Fishelov.
Publisher: Sussex Academic Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Brighton; Portland, Or
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781845193683
Subjects: Canon (Literature); Intertextuality; Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.); Dialogue
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Real life dialogues; title: Literary dialogues; title: The battle of the (great) books; title: The dialogic approach to great books; title: The sacrifice scene : Kierkegaard and Levin; title: Samson : Jabotinsky and DeMille; title: Jesus Christ : Monty Python and Saramago; title: Horace in Pushkin, Owen, and Diderot; title: Juvenal's Satire X : Johnson and Swift; title: Pygmalion : Ovid, Shaw & My fair lady via Molière; title: More's Utopia : Bacon, Swift, and Voltaire; title: Robinson Crusoe, the variety principle revisited.