Faith and Doubt: Religion and Secularization in Literature from Wordsworth to LarkinMercer University Press, 1997 - 261 pages "This major new work from a leading authority touches on issues that are increasingly pertinent to the world today. Pairing great writers from each generation who typify the contrasts and concerns of their age, Professor Brett explores the complex interplay between faith and doubt in English literature since the Enlightenment. Not confining himself to a biographical and historical approach, he deploys his understanding of contemporary philosophy and ideology to throw a new light on often neglected areas."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved |
Contents
| 6 | |
Carlyle and Arnold | 54 |
George Eliot and Dickens | 84 |
Tennyson and Browning | 125 |
Yeats and Eliot | 161 |
Auden and Larkin | 205 |
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| Title | Faith and Doubt: Religion and Secularization in Literature from Wordsworth to Larkin |
| Author | R. L. Brett |
| Publisher | Mercer University Press, 1997 |
| ISBN | 0865545448, 9780865545441 |
| Length | 261 pages |
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