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02373aam a2200409 a 4500 001 9ECBAEA669C611E69620BACFDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160824014144 008 070625s2007 mou b s001 0 eng 010 $a 2007026461 020 $a 0826217753 (alk. paper) 020 $a 9780826217752 (alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)154308833 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d YDX $d BTCTA $d BAKER $d YDXCP $d UKM $d IXA $d SILO 042 $a lcac 050 00 $a PR149.H86 $b O84 2007 082 00 $a 820.9/3823 $2 22 100 1 $a Oser, Lee, $d 1958- 245 14 $a The return of Christian humanism : $b Chesterton, Eliot, Tolkien, and the romance of history / $c Lee Oser. 260 $a Columbia : $b University of Missouri Press, $c c2007. 300 $a xi, 190 p. ; $c 24 cm. 520 $a "Oser examines the twentieth-century literary clash between a dogmatically relativist modernism and a robust revival of Christian humanism. Reviewing English literature from Chaucer to Beckett, and the thoughts of philosophers, theologians, and modern literary critics, Oser challenges the assumption that Christian orthodoxy is incompatible with humanism, freedom, and democracy"--Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-178) and index. 505 0 $a Part I. Humanism and culture -- Part II. Three Christian humanists: G. K. Chesterton; T.S. Eliot; J.R.R. Tolkien -- Part III. Gnostic aestheticism: antihumanism in Beckett and others; artificial taste -- Part IV. The radical middle: Enter reason and nature; An imperfect theory; The canon and literary form; The romance of history. 650 0 $a Humanism in literature 650 0 $a English literature $x History and criticism 650 0 $a Christian literature, English $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Theology, Doctrinal, in literature 650 0 $a Christianity and literature $z Great Britain $x History. 600 10 $a Chesterton, G. K. $q (Gilbert Keith), $d 1874-1936 $x Criticism and interpretation. 600 10 $a Eliot, T. S. $q (Thomas Stearns), $d 1888-1965 $x Criticism and interpretation. 600 10 $a Tolkien, J. R. R. $q (John Ronald Reuel), $d 1892-1973 $x Criticism and interpretation. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20171221023002.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160824041013.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9ECBAEA669C611E69620BACFDAD10320 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search