Modernity and the reinvention of tradition: backing into the future

Introduction: Ancient & modern : the braid of Cassiodorus -- Tradition, literacy and change -- Church versus scripture : the idea of biblical tradition -- Revolution and tradition -- Re-envisioning the past : metaphors and symbols of tradition -- Inventing Christian culture : Volney, Chateaubria...

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Main Author: Prickett, Stephen 1939-2020 (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge [u.a.] Cambridge Univ. Press c2009
In:Year: 2009
Reviews:Modernity and reinvention of tradition. Backing into the future. By Stephen Prickett. Pp. viii+265 incl. 1 fig.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. £50. 978 0 521 51746 1 (2010) (Pereiro, James)
Edition:1. publ.
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Tradition / Concept of / Philosophy / Theology / Literature / Intellectual history
Further subjects:B Literature, Modern 19th century History and criticism
B Literature, Modern 18th century History and criticism
B Literature, Modern 18th century History and criticism
B Tradition (Philosophy) History
B Tradition (Theology) History of doctrines
B Literature, Modern 19th century History and criticism
B Fictional representation
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Summary:Introduction: Ancient & modern : the braid of Cassiodorus -- Tradition, literacy and change -- Church versus scripture : the idea of biblical tradition -- Revolution and tradition -- Re-envisioning the past : metaphors and symbols of tradition -- Inventing Christian culture : Volney, Chateaubriand and the French Revolution -- Herder, Schleiermacher, Novalis and Schlegel : the idea of a Christian Europe -- Translating Herder : the idea of Protestant Reformation -- Keble and the Anglican tradition -- Newman and the development of tradition -- Arnold : taking religion out of religion -- Radical tradition : theologizing Eliot -- Epilogue: Re-energizing the past -- Appendix: Velázquez and the royal boar hunt
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-257) and index
ISBN:052151746X