Modernism and Christianity [electronic resource] /
Tonning, Erik,1977-author.
By theorising the idea of 'formative tensions' between cultural Modernism and Christianity, and by in-depth case studies of James Joyce, David Jones, T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, W. H. Auden, Samuel Beckett, the book argues that no coherent account of Modernism can ignore the continuing impact of Christianity.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover; Contents; Series Editor's Preface; Preface and Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1 Rethinking 'Modernism and Christianity'; TheModernist Crisis; Modernism and Christianity: Some Formative Tensions; The Theological Origins of Modernity?; Conclusion: Tracing Christianity inModernism; 2 Catholic Modernisms: James Joyce andDavid Jones; 'Catholic' Modernists?; Rethinking Cultural Modernism via 'Catholic Modernism'; Eucharist and Art in Ulysses and In Parenthesis; Conclusion: Influence, Affinity and Catholic Modernisms
3 Old Dogmas for a New Crisis? Hell, Usury and Incarnation in T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound and W. H. AudenT. S. Eliot: The 'Daily Terror of Eternity'; Ezra Pound and the Rottenness of Heresy; W. H. Auden: TheWould-Be Christian; Conclusion:Modernism and Christian Dogma; 4 Samuel Beckett, Modernism and Christianity; Beckett against Theodicy; Beckett and Dante; The 'Need to Seem to Glimpse': Beckett and Mysticism; Revising the Rhetoric of Apocalypse; The Conclusion, in Which Nothing Is Concluded; Conclusion:; Modernismand Christianity as a Field of Study; Notes; Bibliography; Index
By theorising the idea of 'formative tensions' between cultural Modernism and Christianity, and by in-depth case studies of James Joyce, David Jones, T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, W. H. Auden, Samuel Beckett, the book argues that no coherent account of Modernism can ignore the continuing impact of Christianity.
Modernism (Literature)
Modernism (Christian theology)
History, Modern.
Social history.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
History of Philosophy.
Modern History.
Cultural History.
Social History.
European History.