Reading Old Books: Writing with Traditions

by Peter Mack and Professor Peter Mack

Book Overview

A wide-ranging exploration of the creative power of literary tradition, from Chaucer to the present

In literary and cultural studies, "tradition" is a word everyone uses but few address critically. In Reading Old Books, Peter Mack offers a wide-ranging exploration of the creative power of literary tradition, from the middle ages to the twenty-first century, revealing in new ways how it helps writers and readers make new works...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691205159
• ISBN13: 9780691205151
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 9.0"