The Struggle of the Modern

by Stephen Spender

Book Overview

Shelley said, in his Defence of Poetry, that poetry should be both centre and circumference of knowledge. In his new book, Spender takes Shelley's claim and relates it to modern literature. He points out that, ever since the Industrial Revolution, writers have been conscious of there being a problem of creating literature in the industrial era. All the discussions of tradition, symbolism, myth and the rest are part of a conscious strategy of writers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520307410
• ISBN13: 9780520307414
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"