Prologue

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Permissions ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Prologue 1
6. Part One. Ideology and History
7. I. Nostos: An Introduction 17
8. II. The Process of Return 34
9. III. Classicism, an Historical Explanation 58
10. PART TWO. The History of an Ideology: Case Studies
11. IV. Tragedy 111
12. V. Novel and Epic: Reading Backwards from Ulysses 144
13. VI. Novel and Epic: The Ithaca of History 177
14. VII. Myth 221
15. VIII. The Politics of Return: An Admonitory Postlogue 256
16. Notes 283
17. Index 315