On Tradition: Essays on the Use and Valuation of the Past

by Clifford Davidson

The first essay in Professor Davidson's book of reflective analysis takes up the question, What has the individual scholar to do with tradition?: Arguing that the Western tradition is the basis upon which our late 20th century culture ultimately rests, Davidson in this and subsequent essays examines the attitudes toward and the uses of tradition from the Middle Ages to the present. As a scholar with a major interest in drama and iconography, he shows...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0404641601
• ISBN13: 9780404641603
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: AMS Press
• Length: 240 Pages