Faith and doubt : religion and secularization in literature from Wordsworth to Larkin
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
Criticism, interpretation, etc
261 pages ; 23 cm
9780227679418, 0227679415
504722458
I. Wordsworth and Coleridge
II. Carlyle and Arnold
III. George Eliot and Dickens
IV. Tennyson and Browning
V. Yeats and Eliot
VI. Auden and Larkin