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The return of Christian humanism : Chesterton, Eliot, Tolkien, and the romance of history / Lee Oser.

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Main Author: Oser, Lee, 1958-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri Press, c2007.
Subjects:
Chesterton, G. K. > (Gilbert Keith), > 1874-1936 > Criticism and interpretation.
Eliot, T. S. > (Thomas Stearns), > 1888-1965 > Criticism and interpretation.
Tolkien, J. R. R. > (John Ronald Reuel), > 1892-1973 > Criticism and interpretation.
Humanism in literature.
English literature > History and criticism.
Christian literature, English > History and criticism.
Theology, Doctrinal, in literature.
Christianity and literature > Great Britain > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Humanism and culture. Between two worlds
  • Three Christian humanists. G. K. Chesterton
  • T.S. Eliot
  • J.R.R. Tolkien
  • Gnostic aestheticism. Antihumanism in Beckett and others
  • Artificial taste
  • The radical middle. Enter reason and nature
  • An imperfect theory
  • The canon and literary form
  • The romance of history.

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