The Tradition of Return : The Implicit History of Modern Literature

Jeffrey Perl presents in this book a comprehensive reassessment of modernism and an effort to enrich our understanding of the direction literary culture has taken since the Renaissance. Originally published in 1984. The **Princeton Legacy Library** uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. Contents Permissions Acknowledgments Prologue Part One. Ideology and History I. Nostos: An Introduction II. The Process of Return III. Classicism, an Historical Explanation PART TWO. The History of an Ideology: Case Studies IV. Tragedy V. Novel and Epic: Reading Backwards from Ulysses VI. Novel and Epic: The Ithaca of History VII. Myth VIII. The Politics of Return: An Admonitory Postlogue Notes Index