Literature and Religion: Pascal, Gryphius, Lessing, Holderlin, Novalis

by Walter Jens and Hans Küng

Book Overview

The great visions of Gryphius, Lessing, Holderlin, and Novalis, visions of peace, freedom, and humanity, have not been refuted. They were simply not realized in the modem era and they point to a different future...the lofty intellectuality and morality of Pascal the Catholic as well as the radical Christianness of Kierkegaard the Protestant have to be taken in here just as much as the mystical depth of Dostoyevsky the Russian and the enigmatic darkness...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557782822
• ISBN13: 9781557782823
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: Paragon House Publishers
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"