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Pilgrimage and Literary Tradition (Hardcover, New)
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Pilgrimage and Literary Tradition (Hardcover, New)
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In this original and wide-ranging book, Philip Edwards examines the
theme of pilgrimage in the works of a variety of major writers,
including Shakespeare, Conrad, T. S. Eliot, Yeats, and Heaney.
Edwards considers the original and early uses of the terms
'pilgrim' and 'pilgrimage' in life and literature, and demonstrates
the importance, vitality and flexibility of pilgrimage as a
literary theme over the centuries. The emphasis is almost wholly on
post-reformation writers, analysing the theme of pilgrimage in
major works where previously it has not been thought to exist, and
marking an important departure from traditional studies of the
pilgrim and pilgrimage in literature. With the character of Hamlet
central to the discussion, Edwards argues the emergence in
Shakespeare of a new tragic vision of pilgrimage, which perhaps had
its beginnings in ancient Irish literature. This is a
ground-breaking and unusual study, which encompasses centuries
under a common, and vital, theme.
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