The absence of God in modernist literature / Gregory Erickson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Erickson, Gregory.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951.

God in literature.

Literature, Modern--19th century--History and criticism.

Literature, Modern.

Literature, Modern--20th century--History and criticism.

Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951--Criticism and interpretation.

Schoenberg, Arnold.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

viii, 236 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

Summary:

This book combines literary criticism, postmodern theology, philosophy, and musicology in a rethinking of the relationship of modernist literature and religion. Erickson argues that theological modes of thinking are ingrained in the very roots of our metaphysical assumptions, and are impossible to escape, even and especially in the skeptical and experimental woks of modernism. By concentrating on moments of difficulty and ambiguity in works such as Henry James' s "The Golden Bowl," Marcel Proust' s "In Search of Lost Time," and Arnold Schoenberg' s opera "Moses und Aron, "the book identifies the paradoxical construction of a god-idea buried in the tropes and metaphors of each text.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [221]-232) and index.

ISBN:

1403977585

9781403977588

OCLC:

71288816

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