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001 2007026461
003 DLC
005 20081021095823.0
008 070625s2007 mou b s001 0 eng
010 $a 2007026461
020 $a9780826217752 (alk. paper)
020 $a0826217753 (alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn154308833
035 $a(OCoLC)154308833
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dYDX$dBTCTA$dBAKER$dYDXCP$dDLC
042 $alcac
050 00 $aPR149.H86$bO84 2007
082 00 $a820.9/3823$222
100 1 $aOser, Lee,$d1958-
245 14 $aThe return of Christian humanism :$bChesterton, Eliot, Tolkien, and the romance of history /$cLee Oser.
260 $aColumbia :$bUniversity of Missouri Press,$cc2007.
300 $axi, 190 p. ;$c24 cm.
520 $a"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.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 167-178) and index.
505 0 $aPart 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.
650 0 $aHumanism in literature.
650 0 $aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aChristian literature, English$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aTheology, Doctrinal, in literature.
650 0 $aChristianity and literature$zGreat Britain$xHistory.
600 10 $aChesterton, G. K.$q(Gilbert Keith),$d1874-1936$xCriticism and interpretation.
600 10 $aEliot, T. S.$q(Thomas Stearns),$d1888-1965$xCriticism and interpretation.
600 10 $aTolkien, J. R. R.$q(John Ronald Reuel),$d1892-1973$xCriticism and interpretation.