 |
|
     |
|
|
|
Modernism, critic Richard Lehan writes, was built on the conception that the world was caught in a conflict between organicism and mechanism, between the feminine and masculine, or, as Henry Adams put it, between the dynamo and the virgin. Modernist writers can be classified by their responses to this division: "the naturalists were trying to reduce reality to mechanistic terms, while the romantics were trying to infuse matter with spirit, energy, and life. H.G. Wells would embody the first position, while D.H. Lawrence would embody the second, and a number of other writers experiments to bridge this kind of division: Joyce, for example, with his 'yes' of feminine replenishment, William James with his belief in the need for a religious state of mind that gives matter direction, Samuel Butler with his interest in creative evolution, George Bernard Shaw with his belief in the life force, and Henri Bergson with his theories of vitalism."
posted by Peter J. Leithart on Thursday, November 03, 2005 at 02:36 PM
Permission is given to use material on this site, provided the source is cited, blog entries are republished in full, and the author is notified in advance.
1 & 2 Kings
Brazos Theological Commentary
The Promise Of His Appearing: An Exposition Of Second Peter
A Great Mystery: Fourteen Wedding Sermons
Deep Comedy: Trinity, Tragedy, And Hope In Western Literature
Miniatures & Morals: The Christian Novels of Jane Austen
The Priesthood of the Plebs: A Theology of Baptism
A Son To Me: An Exposition of 1 & 2 Samuel
From Silence to Song: The Davidic Liturgical Revolution
Ascent to Love: A Guide to Dante's Divine Comedy
Blessed Are the Hungry: Meditations on the Lord's Supper
A House For My Name: A Survey of the Old Testament
Heroes of the City of Man: A Christian Guide to Select Ancient Literature
Brightest Heaven of Invention: A Christian Guide To Six Shakespeare Plays
Wise Words: Family Stories That Bring the Proverbs to Life
The Kingdom and the Power: Rediscovering the Centrality of the Church
