The return of Christian humanism: Chesterton, Eliot, Tolkien, and the romance of history

"Oser examines the twentieth-century literary clash between a dogmatically relativist modernism and a robust revival of Christian humanism. Reviewing English literature from Chaucer to Beckett, and the thoughts of philosophers, theologians, and modern literary critics, Oser challenges the assum...

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Main Author: Oser, Lee (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Columbia [u.a.] Univ. of Missouri Press 2007
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:"Oser examines the twentieth-century literary clash between a dogmatically relativist modernism and a robust revival of Christian humanism. Reviewing English literature from Chaucer to Beckett, and the thoughts of philosophers, theologians, and modern literary critics, Oser challenges the assumption that Christian orthodoxy is incompatible with humanism, freedom, and democracy"--Provided by publisher
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-178) and index
Part I. Humanism and culture -- Part II. Three Christian humanists: G. K. Chesterton; T.S. Eliot; J.R.R. Tolkien -- Part III. Gnostic aestheticism: antihumanism in Beckett and others; artificial taste -- Part IV. The radical middle: Enter reason and nature; An imperfect theory; The canon and literary form; The romance of history
Physical Description:XI, 190 S.
ISBN:9780826217752
0826217753

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