To Be Continued: Four Stories and Their Survival

by Peter Conrad

Books end, but the stories they tell continue; if they are retold often enough, they acquire the status of myth. This accessible and entertaining book by a leading novelist and critic traces the multiple incarnations of four pervasive stories: those of Chaucer's pilgrims, Shakespeare's
Romeo and Juliet and King Lear, and the story of Prometheus. Looking at cultural renewals as varied as Romantic music, the films of Michael Powell and Pasolini,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198182910
• ISBN13: 9780198182917
• Release Date: July 1995
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.8"