Anglo-Catholic in Religion: T.S. Eliot and Christianity - Softcover

Spurr, Barry

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ISBN 10: 0227679873 ISBN 13: 9780227679876

Verlag: James Clarke & Co Ltd, 2009

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Peter Cornwell, Times Literary Supplement: "Barry Spurr takes us on a wonderful journey to discover the byways, varieties, glories and contradictions of a brand of Anglicanism which, even in the 1950s, was potent, and he does a good deal to establish his main thesis that it was this particular faith and practice that formed 'the central element, the still point, in the poet's world picture informing all that he did in his creative work'." The Rt Revd Lord Harries, The Church Times "The tone of the book is just what that of a good literary critic should be: appreciative, grateful, and generous, while at the same time not sparing in criticisms where it is due." C. Brad Faught, Anglican and Episcopal History "Spurr's previous work on modernist poetry and on Strachey leaves him in an excellent position to take up Eliot's religion - Spurr is especially effective in recreating Eliot's own orthopraxis and the daily acts of devotion that defined his allegiance to Anglo-Catholicism - this book is almost surely the definitive study of Eliot's religion and superbly fills a lacunae in the fuller understanding of the poet's life that has existed for far too long." Ivan Head, Journal of Religious History "Spurr has produced a scholarly and engaging book that sharpens and defines our understanding of Eliot's relationship with Christianity...It helps us to see Eliot as luminous within the great tradition." Henry Hart, Anglican Theological Review: "Eliot once siad, "I believe that all our problems turn out ultimately to be a religious problem" (p.175). Spurr demonstrates convincingly that Eliot believed what he had said and also believed that his version of Anglicanism offered the best solution to those problems. Spurr's lucid, well-researched, judicious book should be prized by anyone who wants a better understanding of Eliot's complex religious views and the profound influence they had on his writings." Modernist Cultures, Vol 6, No 1, May 2011. Jeremy Diaper, University of Birmingham. "Anglo-Catholic in Religion': T. S. Eliot and Christianity is a detailed and informative study [...] Spurr examines and elucidates 'the genesis, development and character of Eliot's Christianity and concludes that we cannot fully appreciate Eliot's work 'until we have learnt of his faith, the ground of his being." 'There can be no doubt about it...this study of T.S. Eliot and Christianity by Barry Spurr is quite the best book on the man and his work that has yet appeared.' Peter Milward, The Heythrop Journal, vol 52, issue 6, Nov 2011 ' Much has been said about Eliot's religion, and sometimes by scholars who are sympathetic to his belief, but what has been lacking is a comprehensive explanation of Anglo- Catholic history, doctrine, practice, and culture. That need is now met by Barry Spurr's "Anglo-Catholic in Religion": T. S. Eliot and Christianity, and it is hard to imagine that anyone could have done this essential work better. The book is very welcome indeed...Having described Eliot's religious milieu, Spurr is able to explicate many of his writings in new and convincing ways...This is the kind of book that stimulates further work rather than foreclosing it.' Ben Lockerd in 'Time Present' No. 73 'Spurr attends patiently to the specificities of the Anglo-Catholic movement as they inform Eliot's work - aspects that scholars have tended to ignore or misunderstand... With aplomb, Spurr makes the comparatively subtle differences between Anglo-Catholicism in its early-twentieth-century heyday and contemporary Protestantism, Anglicanism, and Catholicism visible... The later narrative chapters are invaluable... Spurr offers a vivid portrait of Eliot's devotional life...[his] most compelling point may be his account of the emphasis of Anglo-Catholic devotion... Having established Eliot as a poet of the incarnation, Spurr descends into brilliant readings of "Ash-Wednesday", The Rock, and Murder in the Cathedral, revealing their peculiar dependence on Anglo-Catholic practice. he draws out with precision the liturgical form of Eliot's poem of 1930... Most impressively, in his account of Murder, Spurr traces the origin of some of the play's language to The Book of Common Prayer... Spurr's fluent movement between discussion of Eliot's devotional life and literary work marks the particular achievement of his book'. James Wilson in Religion and Literature journal Vol. 43.3 (Autumn, 2011) 'Barry Spurr's book fills in all the details ... about the Anglo-Catholic movement in the English Church ... Spurr makes a very good case for taking greater notice of the language and forms of the Anglo-Catholic liturgy in readings of Eliot's poetry and plays ... This is now a largely forgotten history, and Spurr does well to remind us of what the Movement really stood for ... [He] is very good in teasing out the implications of this history for Eliot ... Spurr makes use of some new sources for this study, and in this respect he has new material to offer researchers in the area ... None have gone into the matter of [Eliot's] intense allegiance to Anglo-Catholicism to the same scholarly degree as Barry Spurr.' John Xiros Cooper in Journal of Historical Biography Vol.9 "Literary critics and biographers of Eliot have often ignored his religious outlook. [ - ] Yet Spurr argues convincingly that it is impossible to understand Eliot without appreciating his Anglo-Catholicism, [ - ] Spurr's well researched and persuasively argued monograph is a welcome contribution to this growing corpus [ of studies that are putting theology back at the heart of historical and literary analysis]." Andrew Atherstone in Churchman No.1 Vol. 126, Spring, 2012. 'But the author emphasizes that while Eliot was a poet who was Anglo-Catholic, he was not an Anglo-Catholic poet, since most of his subject matter is not theological. Rather, his faith is subtly present in his poems - Spurr's study makes a valuable contribution to Eliot scholarship in that it clarifies the poet's approach to his faith which informs so much of his literary output.' Denise J. Stankovics in Today's American Catholic, April 2012. "Anglo-Catholic in Religion': T. S. Eliot and Christianity is a detailed and informative study which places particular importance on Anglo-Catholicism, and establishes it as a key influence on Eliot's life and work. [...] For the most part his analyses are extremely effective. Eliot scholars will find his exposition of Ash Wednesday fascinating, as he illuminates its complex allusions to prayer, liturgy and the importance of the Virgin Mary. Moreover, Spurr highlights where the biblical echoes are most apparent in Eliot's poetry, and he perceptively indicates how Eliot was influenced both by the language of the Prayer Book and by the Bible. [...] Barry Spurr's monograph is relevant and timely. He has produced a seminal work on Eliot's Anglo-Catholicism that is both convincing and cogently presented.' Jeremy Diaper in Modernist Cultures, May 2011.

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Barry Spurr's eagerly-awaited, definitive study of T.S. Eliot's Anglo-Catholic belief and practice shows how the poet's religion shaped his life and work for almost forty years, until his death in 1965. The author examines Eliot's formal adoption of Anglo-Catholicism, in 1927, as the culmination of his intellectual, cultural, artistic, spiritual and personal development to that point. This book presents the first detailed analysis of the unique influence that Anglo-Catholicism's doctrinal and devotional principles, and its social teaching, had on Eliot's poetry, plays, prose and personal life. An informed presentation and discussion of Anglo-Catholicism at the time of Eliot's conversion and through the subsequent decades of his Christian faith and practice. Significant new material from correspondence and diaries which sheds light on Eliot's thought, poetry and prose. This book is essential reading for all scholars and readers of T.S. Eliot and his circle; for students and devotees of Anglo-Catholicism, and scholars of the interaction between literature and theology, especially in the twentieth century. It will also be of use to senior and Honours-level undergraduates and postgraduate research students working in the fields of Modernism and its principles and belief systems, and for students of religion, especially Western Christianity and Anglicanism.

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• Verlag: James Clarke & Co Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0227679873
• ISBN 13: 9780227679876
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 200