Restless Secularism

“A scrupulously argued, meticulously documented and critically imaginative work of scholarship” —Maria DiBattista, Princeton University

~Maria DiBattista

“Mutter combines the lucid scrutinies of a literary critic with the theoretical astuteness of a theorist of religion and “the secular” to cast new light on modernism, modern religious life, and the prospects for commerce between them.”— Charles Mathewes, University of Virginia
 

~Charles Mathewes

"Matthew Mutter's book is a remarkably wise study of the tensions surrounding secularism and religion as they make their impact on four major writers: Wallace Stevens, Virginia Woolf, W. B. Yeats, and W. H. Auden. His book is a constant pleasure to read."— Denis Donoghue, New York University

~Denis Donoghue

“This brilliant study argues that secularization involves much more than acceptance of a world without god; it requires a searching and complex new imagining of the world. Mutter shows how modern literature engages us in this difficult transition, revealing its perils and rewards.”—Bonnie Costello, Boston University

~Bonnie Costello

“This study establishes Mutter among the finest scholars of modernism of his generation.”—Jeffrey M. Perl, Bar-Ilan University

~Jeffrey M. Perl

"This is a powerful interpretation of four great moderns who celebrated the physical world and honored the reality of something beyond it."—David Bromwich, Yale University
 

~David Bromwich

"A lucid and original work that will make an immediate contribution to modernist studies."—Michael Levenson, University of Virginia
 

~Michael Levenson