Modernism and the Ideology of History : Literature, Politics, and the Past (Paperback)

Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. 'Immaterial pleasure houses': the initial aesthetic dilemma; 2. 'A more dream-heavy hour': medievalist and progressive beginnings; 3. 'Pedantry and hysteria': contemporary political problems; 4. 'A certain discipline': radical conservative solutions; 5. 'A particularly lively wheel': cyclic views emerge; 6. 'Our own image': the example of Asian and non-Western cultures; 7. In 'the grip of the … vortex': the proof of Post-Impressionist art; 8. The 'cycle dance': cyclic history arrives; 9. 'The nightmare' and beyond: World War I and mature cyclic theories; Conclusion; Notes; Index.