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Modernity and the Reinvention of Tradition

Backing into the Future [Paperback]

by Stephen Prickett

    • Author

      Stephen Prickett

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      Cambridge University Press

    • Published

      January 2013

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      The idea of tradition seems a timeless one, but our modern understanding of the term was actually shaped by the Victorian revival of tradition as a cornerstone of religion, art and culture. Stephen Prickett traces how the word 'tradition' fell out of use in English by the middle of the eighteenth century and how it returned in the nineteenth having radically changed and gained in meaning. Prickett analyses the work of authors who, like Burke, perhaps unexpectedly, avoid use of the concept, as well as those who, like Coleridge, Keble and Newman, who, variously influenced by German Romantics, explored it in detail, and disagreed profoundly with each other as to its implications. An important contribution to literature, history and theology, this sweeping work shows how people manufacture their own idea of truth, customs, or ancient wisdom to make sense of the past in terms of a problematic present.

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      • Author

        Stephen Prickett

      • Book Format

        Paperback

      • Publisher

        Cambridge University Press

      • Published

        January 2013

      • Weight

        368g

      • Page Count

        274

      • Dimensions

        153 x 229 x 15 mm

      • ISBN

        9781107412590

      • ISBN-10

        1107412595

      • Eden Code

        4532687

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      • Author/Creator: Stephen Prickett

      • ISBN: 9781107412590

      • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

      • Release Date: January 2013

      • Weight: 368g

      • Dimensions: 153 x 229 x 15 mm

      • Eden Code: 4532687


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