| Description |
xvii, 196 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. The Proud Towers -- Ch. 2. William Butler Yeats: The Tower of Visions -- Ch. 3. Robinson Jeffers: The Tower beyond Time -- Ch. 4. Rainer Maria Rilke: The Tower of Desire -- Ch. 5. Carl Gustav Jung: The Tower of the Psyche -- Ch. 6. The Broken Towers |
| Summary |
Immediately after World War I, four major European and American poets and thinkers - W. B. Yeats, Robinson Jeffers, R. M. Rilke, and C. G. Jung - moved into towers as their principal habitations. Taking this striking coincidence as its starting point, this book sets out to locate modern turriphilia in its cultural context and to explore the biographical circumstances that motivated the four writers to choose their unusual retreats. From the ziggurats of ancient Mesopotamia to the ivory towers of the fin de siecle, the author traces the emergence of a variety of symbolic associations with the proud towers of the past, ranging from spirituality and intellect to sexuality and sequestration |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-189) and index |
| Subject |
Literary landmarks.
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Literature, Modern -- History and criticism.
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Modernism (Literature)
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Towers in literature
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Towers.
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| LC no. |
97052100 |
| ISBN |
0691059071 (alk. paper) |
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