Pilgrimage and literary tradition

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The work Pilgrimage and literary tradition represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Pilgrimage and literary tradition

Statement of responsibility

by Philip Edwards

Creator

• Edwards, Philip, 1923-
• Edwards, Philip, 1923-

Subject

• Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages in literature
• English literature -- History and criticism
• Pilgrims and pilgrimages in literature

Language

eng

Summary

"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."--BOOK JACKET

Cataloging source

DLC

Index

index present

LC call number

PR408.P54

LC item number

E39 2005

Literary form

non fiction