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''Myths of Modern Individualism'' by Ian Watt, ISBN 0521585643 published by Cambridge University Press

''Myths of Modern Individualism'' by Ian Watt, ISBN 0521585643 published by Cambridge University Press

"In its way this is as original a work as Watt's famous first book, The Rise of the Novel (ISBN 0520230698). It is a work of great maturity, testimony to the intelligence and civility of its author." Frank Kermode

"In its way this is as original a work as Watt's famous first book, ''The Rise of the Novel'' (ISBN 0520230698). It is a work of great maturity, testimony to the intelligence and civility of its author." Frank Kermode

"Ian Watt's [[magisterial]] Myths of Modern Individualism is a critical account--historical, cultural, moral and aesthetic--of how four great Western myths have insinuated themselves into the actualities of modern culture. Like all of Watt's work this is a remarkable work of the historical imagination, sympathetic without being fussy, erudite but always deft, analytic but very warm and witty. This is a book everyone should read." Edward Said

"Ian Watt's [[magisterial]] Myths of Modern Individualism is a critical account--historical, cultural, moral and aesthetic--of how four great Western myths have insinuated themselves into the actualities of modern culture. Like all of Watt's work this is a remarkable work of the historical imagination, sympathetic without being fussy, erudite but always deft, analytic but very warm and witty. This is a book everyone should read." Edward Said