Impossible modernism : T.S. Eliot, Walter Benjamin, and the critique of historical reason /

Lehman, Robert S.

Impossible modernism : T.S. Eliot, Walter Benjamin, and the critique of historical reason / Robert S. Lehman. - Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, (c)2016. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographies and index.

Acknowledgments; Preface; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: The Poetry and the Prose of the Future; Part 1: Gathering Dust, T.S. Eliot; 1. Lyric; 2. Satire; 3. Myth; Part 2: Killing Time, Walter Benjamin; 4. Order; 5. Anecdote; 6. Allegory; Conclusion: The Lightning Flash and the Storm of Progress; Notes; Works Cited; Index.



9781503600140


Eliot, T. S. 1888-1965 --Criticism and interpretation.
Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940 --Criticism and interpretation.


Literature and history.
Modernism (Literature)


Electronic Books.

PS3509 / .I476 2016