The return of Christian humanism : Chesterton, Eliot, Tolkien, and the romance of history /
Oser, Lee,1958-
Columbia ; London : University of Missouri Press,
c2007.
"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.
"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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-178) and index.
Pt. I. Humanism and culture: Between two worlds -- pt. II. Three Christian humanists: G. K. Chesterton ; T.S. Eliot ; J.R.R. Tolkien -- pt. III. Gnostic aestheticism: Antihumanism in Beckett and others ; Artificial taste -- pt. IV. The radical middle: Enter reason and nature ; An imperfect theory ; The canon and literary form ; The romance of history.
Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith), 1874-1936
Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965
Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973
Humanism in literature.
English literature
Christian literature, English
Theology, Doctrinal, in literature.
Christianity and literature