In this book, the first edition of which was published in 1971 by Oxford University Press, Ihab Hassan takes Orphic dismemberment and regeneration as his metaphor for a radical crisis in art and language, culture and consciousness, which prefigures postmodern literature. The modern Orpheus, he writes, "sings on a lyre without strings." Thus, his sensitive critique traces a hypothetical line from Sade through four modern authors--Hemingway, Kafka, Genet, and Beckett--to a literature still to come. But the line also breaks into two Interludes, one concerning 'Pataphysics, Dada, and Surrealism, and the other concerning Existentialism and Aliterature.
- Autor: Ihab Hassan
- Kategoria: językoznawstwo, nauka o literaturze
- Język: angielski
- ISBN: 000-00-0000-00-0
- Data wydania: 1791-01-01
- Ocena: 0,0
- Wydawnictwo: University of Wisconsin Press
