Sounding the Classics: From Sophocles to Thomas Mann
Rudolf Binion
Sounding the Classics: From Sophocles to Thomas Mann
Rudolf Binion
This text is a comparative study of 12 works of fiction broadly representative of the Western canon. Its aim is to discover what gives these 12 works their lasting appeal and vitality over and beyond their formal qualities. It focuses on the interplay of text and subtext within each work after defining these terms at the outset. It then compares 12 sample classics systematically in a conclusion that argues from the works themselves to classics in general. The key finding of this book is, that for a work of fiction to feel deep, whole, and great, as classics do, its text must be underpinned from start to finish by a subtext, or alternative reading, which calls that text itself into question.
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