Transformation as the Principle of Literary Creation from the Homeric Epic to the Joycean Novel

by David K. Danow

This study opens with an extensive introductory essay focused on the concept that there is no story without some kind of transformation. Various aspects of transformation are investigated, including problems of ontology and teleology, progression and regression, and discovery and recovery.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773465529
• ISBN13: 9780773465527
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
• Length: 227 Pages