Myths of Modern Individualism: Faust, Don Quixote, Don Juan, Robinson Crusoe

by Ian P. Watt

Book Overview

In Myths of Modern Individualism, the renowned critic Ian Watt treats Don Juan, Don Quixote, Faust, and Robinson Crusoe as individualists, pursuing their own views of what they should be. The original Counter Reformation myths saw the individualism of Don Juan, Don Quixote, and Faust as a problem to be quelled by death or mockery. However, the Romantic period, a time more favorably disposed toward myth, saw their dissension not as unacceptable disorder,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521585643
• ISBN13: 9780521585644
• Release Date: February 1997
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.5"