Flight from Eden: The Origins of Modern Literary Criticism and Theory - Steven Cassedy - Hardcover

"German--and particularly French--sources of the revolution that has occurred in literary theory during the past thirty years have long been recognized. The Russian contribution to these events has been hinted at previously, but Cassedy documents in detail the extraordinary work of Potebnya, Veselovskij, and other figures virtually unknown in the West. . . . An important contribution to intellectual history and literary theory."--Michael Holquist, author ofDostoevsky and the Novel "An astonishing number of complex movements and ideas--from Humboldt through Russian and French Symbolists to Heidegger, Husserl, Roman Jakobson and the deconstructors, from symbology to logology and iconology--begin to fit together in this wide-ranging and provocative book. . . . Cassedy's book will outrage some readers, delight others, and enlighten all."--Caryl Emerson, author ofBoris Godunov: Transpositions of a Russian ThemeCassedy, Steven is the author of 'Flight from Eden: The Origins of Modern Literary Criticism and Theory - Steven Cassedy - Hardcover' with ISBN 9780520068636 and ISBN 0520068637.