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New Philosophy of Literature, A - The Fundamental Theme and Unity of World Literature: the Vision of the Infinite and the Universalist Literary Tra (Paperback)
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New Philosophy of Literature, A - The Fundamental Theme and Unity of World Literature: the Vision of the Infinite and the Universalist Literary Tra (Paperback)
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In The New Philosophy of Universalism Nicholas Hagger outlined a
new philosophy that restates the order within the universe, the
oneness of humankind and an infinite Reality perceived as Light;
and its applications in many disciplines, including literature. In
this work of literary Universalism which carries forward the
thinking in T.S. Eliot's 'Tradition and the Individual Talent' and
other essays, Hagger traces the fundamental theme of world
literature, which has alternating metaphysical and secular aspects:
a quest for Reality and immortality; and condemnation of social
vices in relation to an implied virtue. Since classical times these
two antithetical traditions have periodically been synthesised by
Universalists. Hagger sets out the world Universalist literary
tradition: the writers who from ancient times have based their work
on the fundamental Universalist theme. These can be found in the
Graeco-Roman world, the Middle Ages and Renaissance, in the Baroque
Age, in the Neoclassical, Romantic Victorian and Modernist periods,
and in the modern time. He demonstrates that the Universalist
sensibility is a synthesis of the metaphysical and secular
traditions, and a combination of the Romantic inspired imagination
(the inner faculty by which Romantic poets approached the Light)
and the Neoclassical imitative approach to literature which
emphasizes social order and proportion, a combination found in the
Baroque time of the Metaphysical poets, and in Victorian and
Modernist literature. Universalists express their
cross-disciplinary sensibility in literary epic, as did Homer,
Virgil, Dante and Milton, and in a number of genres within
literature - and in history and philosophy. Universalist historians
claim that every civilisation is nourished by a metaphysical vision
that is expressed in its art, and when it declines secular,
materialist writings lose contact with its central vision. As
Universalist literary works restate the order within the universe,
reveal metaphysical Being and restore the vision of Reality, Hagger
excitingly argues that the Universalist sensibility renews Western
civilisation's health. Literary Universalism is a movement that
revives the metaphysical outlook and combines it with the secular,
materialistic approach to literature that has predominated in
recent times. It can carry out a revolution in thought and culture
and offer a new direction in contemporary literature. This work
conveys Universalism's impact on literature, and should be read by
all who have concerns about the sickness and decline of
contemporary European/Western culture.
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