Spiritual problems in contemporary literature; a series of addresses and discussions. Edited by Stanley Romaine Hopper.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Institute for Religious and Social Studies.

Contributor:

Hopper, Stanley Romaine, 1907- editor.

Series:

Religion and civilization series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and literature.

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

Physical Description:

xvi, 298 pages 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, Institute for Religious and Social Studies; distributed by Harper [1952]

Contents:

Religion and the artist's situation. The literary artist and the other arts / James Johnson Sweeney

Sociology and the literary artist / Albert Salomon

Philosophy and the literary artist / Irwin Edman

Mutations of belief in the contemporary novel / Horace Victor Gregory

Man's spiritual situation as reflected in modern drama / Theodore Spencer

The vocation of the poet in the modern world / Delmore Schwartz

Religion and the artist's means. Theodicy, poetry, and tradition / David Daiches

Mysticism as a solution to the poet's dilemma / Kenneth Burke and Stanley Romaine Hopper

The use of myth in Kafka and Mann / Harry Slochower

Metaphor and the function of criticism / Cleanth Brooks

Existentialism as a symptom of man's contemporary crisis / William Barrett

The problem of moral isolation in contemporary literature / Stanley Romaine Hopper

Religion and the artist's beliefs. Religion and the mission of the artist / Denis de Rougemont

Patterns of belief in contemporary drama / George R. Kernodle

The contemporary Jew and his Judaism / Judah Goldin

Catholic orientation in contemporary French literature / Wallace Fowlie

Protestant orientation in contemporary poetry / Amos Niven Wilder

The literary mind and religious responsibility / by Émile Cailliet.

Local Notes:

The Balch Institute Library and Archives.

Other Format:

Online version: Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Institute for Religious and Social Studies. Spiritual problems in contemporary literature.

OCLC:

2277368