Theodore Ziolkowski
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The Novels of Hermann Hesse: A Study in Theme & Structure
10 editions
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1965
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Gilgamesh Among Us: Modern Encounters with the Ancient Epic
9 editions
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2011
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Lure of the Arcane: the Literature of Cult and Conspiracy
4 editions
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published
2013
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Minos and the Moderns: Cretan Myth in Twentieth-Century Literature and Art
3 editions
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2008
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Disenchanted Images: A Literary Iconology
2 editions
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1977
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The View from the Tower: Origins of an Antimodernist Image
5 editions
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1998
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Hesse: A Collection of Critical Essays
3 editions
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published
1973
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German Romanticism and its Institutions
5 editions
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1990
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The Sin of Knowledge
4 editions
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2000
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Clio the Romantic Muse: Historicizing the Faculties in Germany
4 editions
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2004
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“It is my twofold aim to explore, first, how Cretan myth was used
during the early decades of the twentieth century as a mirror for
modern history, society, and the psyche; and, second, how this new
perception of myth permeated all the arts simultaneously, including literature, painting, sculpture, prints, opera, ballet, and the
theater, as well as popular culture.
My undertaking is based on the
underlying conviction that the transfiguration of classical myth
in general constitutes one of the principal characteristics of classical modernism, without a grasp of which that period of twentieth-century culture cannot be fully appreciated. Among these
transfigured myths, none are more conspicuous than the matters
of Minos.”
― Minos and the Moderns: Cretan Myth in Twentieth-Century Literature and Art
during the early decades of the twentieth century as a mirror for
modern history, society, and the psyche; and, second, how this new
perception of myth permeated all the arts simultaneously, including literature, painting, sculpture, prints, opera, ballet, and the
theater, as well as popular culture.
My undertaking is based on the
underlying conviction that the transfiguration of classical myth
in general constitutes one of the principal characteristics of classical modernism, without a grasp of which that period of twentieth-century culture cannot be fully appreciated. Among these
transfigured myths, none are more conspicuous than the matters
of Minos.”
― Minos and the Moderns: Cretan Myth in Twentieth-Century Literature and Art
“This neglect of lore associated with Crete is reflected in classical Greek art and literature although, paradoxically, its remnants are
found only in Attic myths.6”
― Minos and the Moderns: Cretan Myth in Twentieth-Century Literature and Art
found only in Attic myths.6”
― Minos and the Moderns: Cretan Myth in Twentieth-Century Literature and Art
“as they say, a Cretan is attacking a Cretan”
(quod dici solet, Cretensis incidit in Cretensem); that is, “it takes a thief to catch a thief,” or “it takes one to know one”
― Minos and the Moderns: Cretan Myth in Twentieth-Century Literature and Art
(quod dici solet, Cretensis incidit in Cretensem); that is, “it takes a thief to catch a thief,” or “it takes one to know one”
― Minos and the Moderns: Cretan Myth in Twentieth-Century Literature and Art
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