Dismissing God: Modern Writers' Struggle Against ReligionIn the past two centuries many leading writers have held their quarrel with God. In Dismissing God, D. Bruce Lockerbie explores the nature of this quarrel by examining the lives, beliefs, and works of more than twenty European and American author. |
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... Arnold's most lasting teacher had been his own father , Thomas Arnold . That towering person- age , almost solely by the force of his character , had revolution- ized English schooling in his years as headmaster at Rugby . Through the ...
... Arnold's most lasting teacher had been his own father , Thomas Arnold . That towering person- age , almost solely by the force of his character , had revolution- ized English schooling in his years as headmaster at Rugby . Through the ...
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... Arnold pub- lished his final volume of poems , including " Dover Beach . " Its contemporaneity with the events just enumerated , however , and its pervading tone of melancholy were no accident . The culmi- nating cause for Arnold's mood ...
... Arnold pub- lished his final volume of poems , including " Dover Beach . " Its contemporaneity with the events just enumerated , however , and its pervading tone of melancholy were no accident . The culmi- nating cause for Arnold's mood ...
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... Arnold , " Hebraism and Hel- lenism , " Literature of England , 898–903 . 6. Matthew Arnold , " The Study of Poetry , " English Literature and Irish Politics , vol . 9 , ed . R. H. Super ( Ann Arbor : Univer- sity of Michigan Press ...
... Arnold , " Hebraism and Hel- lenism , " Literature of England , 898–903 . 6. Matthew Arnold , " The Study of Poetry , " English Literature and Irish Politics , vol . 9 , ed . R. H. Super ( Ann Arbor : Univer- sity of Michigan Press ...
Contents
Preface | 9 |
The Ebb Tide of Faith | 17 |
The Abdication of Belief | 34 |
Copyright | |
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