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Restless Secularism: Modernism and the Religious Inheritance
Matthew Mutter
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Description for Restless Secularism: Modernism and the Religious Inheritance
Hardback. A scholarly and deeply sensitive study that explores how religion and secularism are tightly interwoven in the major works of modernist literature Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJ; DSB; HBLW; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
A scholarly and deeply sensitive study that explores how religion and secularism are tightly interwoven in the major works of modernist literature Matthew Mutter provides a broad survey of modernist literature, examining key works against a background of philosophy, theology, intellectual and social history, while tracing the relationship of modernism's secular imagination to the religious cultures that both preceded and shaped it. Mutter's provocative study demonstrates how, despite their explicit desire to purify secular life of its religious residues, Wallace Stevens, Virginia Woolf, and other literary modernists consistently found themselves entangled in the religious legacies they ... Read more
A scholarly and deeply sensitive study that explores how religion and secularism are tightly interwoven in the major works of modernist literature Matthew Mutter provides a broad survey of modernist literature, examining key works against a background of philosophy, theology, intellectual and social history, while tracing the relationship of modernism's secular imagination to the religious cultures that both preceded and shaped it. Mutter's provocative study demonstrates how, despite their explicit desire to purify secular life of its religious residues, Wallace Stevens, Virginia Woolf, and other literary modernists consistently found themselves entangled in the religious legacies they ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300221732
SKU
V9780300221732
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About Matthew Mutter
Matthew Mutter is assistant professor of literature at Bard College.
Reviews for Restless Secularism: Modernism and the Religious Inheritance
A lucid and original work that will make an immediate contribution to modernist studies. -Michael Levenson, University of Virginia
Michael Levenson This is a powerful interpretation of four great moderns who celebrated the physical world and honored the reality of something beyond it. -David Bromwich, Yale University
David Bromwich This study establishes Mutter among the finest ... Read more
Michael Levenson This is a powerful interpretation of four great moderns who celebrated the physical world and honored the reality of something beyond it. -David Bromwich, Yale University
David Bromwich This study establishes Mutter among the finest ... Read more