Modern Epic : The World System from Goethe to Garcia Marquez T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry Nominee (2015) stands as Ricoeur's most complete

stands as Ricoeur's most complete and satisfying presentation of his own philosophy

young Eleonora grows into a remarkably clever but very engaging child

with coloured jackets echoing Penguin's original covers

but about ourselves

and ultimately a love letter to Harlem

Modern Epic : The World System from Goethe to Garcia Marquez T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry Nominee (2015) stands as Ricoeur's most completeTake Faust , what is it? A tragedy, as its author states? A great philosophical tale? A collection of lyrical insights? Who can say. How about Moby Dick ? Encyclopedia, novel or romance? Or even a singular medley, as one anonymous 1851 review put it? It is no longer a novel, T. S. Eliot said of Ulysses . But if not novels, then what are they?Literary history has long been puzzled by how to classify and treat these aesthetic monuments. In this highly