| Christian Modernism in an Age of Totalitarianism: T.S. Eliot, Karl Mannheim and the Moot Contributor(s): Kurlberg, Jonas (Author) |
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ISBN: 1350090514 ISBN-13: 9781350090514 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC OUR PRICE: $148.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Modern - 20th Century - Literary Criticism | Subjects & Themes - Religion - Literary Criticism | Comparative Literature |
| Dewey: 270.824 |
| LCCN: 2018054488 |
| Series: Historicizing Modernism |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.3" W x 9.3" (1.25 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: With fascism on the march in Europe and a second World War looming, a group of Britain's leading intellectuals - including T.S. Eliot, Karl Mannheim, John Middleton Murry, J. H. Oldham and Michael Polanyi - gathered together to explore ways of revitalising a culture that seemed to have lost its way. The group called themselves 'the Moot'. Drawing on previously unpublished archival documents, this is the first in-depth study of the group's work, writings and ideas in the decade of its existence from 1938-1947. Christian Modernism in an Age of Totalitarianism explores the ways in which an important and influential strand of Modernist thought in the interwar years turned back to Christian ideas to offer a blueprint for the revitalisation of European culture. In this way the book challenges conceptions of Modernism as a secular movement and sheds new light on the culture of the late Modernist period. |
Contributor Bio(s): Tonning, Erik: - Erik Tonning is Professor of British Literature and Culture at the University of Bergen, Norway. He is co-editor of the Modernist Archives series and the Historicizing Modernism series, both published by Bloomsbury.Feldman, Matthew: - Matthew Feldman is Professor in the History of Modern Ideas at Teesside University, UK, and co-director of the Centre for Fascist, Anti-fascist and Post-fascist Studies. |