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Modern Heroism - Essays on D. H. Lawrence, William Empson, and J. R. R. Tolkien (Hardcover)
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Modern Heroism - Essays on D. H. Lawrence, William Empson, and J. R. R. Tolkien (Hardcover)
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In these three studies, hinging on an unusual theme, Roger Sale
examines three very different writers: an impassioned novelist, a
wry and witty literary critic, and a donnish teller of apparently
old-fashioned romances that have achieved a cult following today.
Many people assume that heroism is dead because the heroic styles
of past ages no longer exist. Roger Sale contends that this
assumption is accompanied by other beliefs that are part of what he
calls the Myth of Lost Unity (a variation on the myth of the Golden
Age): a sense that the world was once "whole" but in recent
centuries has gradually disintegrated; a feeling that the human
condition is now lost or alienated or drifting; and a conviction
that the proper response to life is resignation, cynicism, or
despair. Sale reminds us that Lawrence, Empson, and Tolkien all
came to believe in the major features of the Myth of Lost Unity.
Each, however, replied to what seemed his-and our fate-and defied
the implications of the myth, achieving a community as a badge of
that defiance. Sale's exploration of their separate merits reveals
how their heroism made them alike. The strength of Modern Heroism
lies in the formidable critical powers Sale exercises in his three
variations on its theme. This title is part of UC Press's Voices
Revived program, which commemorates University of California
Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and
give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to
1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship
accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title
was originally published in 1973.
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