Why Plato?

Platonism in Twentieth Century English Literature. Edited by Daniela Carpi.

16 contributions demonstrate how, even within the formal and ideological disruptions of the century, a strong connection with the classical cultural past runs through the whole period. Even if the postmodern age presents an agonistic struggle against tradition, ironising it, deconstructing and parodying it, still the cultural pivots that sustain the whole fabric of the period are deeply rooted in the classical past. If Eliot speaks of the historical sense and of the fragments of tradition that must be shored against the contemporary ruins, these conceptions are the leading factors of the whole twentieth century. 209 Seiten, broschiert (Anglistische Forschungen; Band 350/Universitätsverlag Winter 2005)