Jonathan Ullyot
Biographic Data
| ID | 9354844 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jonathan Ullyot |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jonathan |
| FAMILY NAME | Ullyot |
| SIGNATURE | ULLYOT J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Chicago |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Medieval Presence in Modernist Literature
Jonathan Ullyot's The Medieval Presence in Modernist Literature rethinks the influence that early medieval studies and Grail narratives had on modernist literature. Through examining several canonical works, from Henry James' The Golden Bowl to Samuel Beckett's Molloy, Ullyot argues that these texts serve as a continuation of the Grail legend inspired by medieval scholarship of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Rather than adapt …
Medieval Presence in Modernist Literature
Kafka's Grail Castle
Kafka's last novel, Das Schloss , borrows structural and thematic elements from the medieval grail quest, especially the first extant grail narrative, Chrétien's incomplete Perceval. In Kafka, however, the symbolic object worthy of the quester's efforts (the grail) is absent. The land surveyor's refusal to be motivated by any object other than “getting to the Castle” is his successful resistance to the oppressive force of authority in the village…
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Kafka's Grail Castle
Kafka's last novel, Das Schloss , borrows structural and thematic elements from the medieval grail quest, especially the first extant grail narrative, Chrétien's incomplete Perceval. In Kafka, however, the symbolic object worthy of the quester's efforts (the grail) is absent. The land surveyor's refusal to be motivated by any object other than “getting to the Castle” is his successful resistance to the oppressive force of authority in the village…
The Medieval Presence in Modernist Literature
Jonathan Ullyot's The Medieval Presence in Modernist Literature rethinks the influence that early medieval studies and Grail narratives had on modernist literature. Through examining several canonical works, from Henry James' The Golden Bowl to Samuel Beckett's Molloy, Ullyot argues that these texts serve as a continuation of the Grail legend inspired by medieval scholarship of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Rather than adapt …
Medieval Presence in Modernist Literature
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