Sacred Spring: God and the Birth of Modernism in Fin de Siscle Vienna

by Robert Weldon Whalen

Book Overview

The culture of fin de si cle Vienna continues to fascinate and has been examined at length. There are indeed massive studies of Freud, Mahler, Loos, Klimt, and many other notables from that era. But these studies often ignore the religious dimension of Viennese modernist culture, implying -- if not arguing outright -- that "modernism" and "religion" are contrary, even hostile, categories.

Taking a different tack, Robert Weldon Whalen in Sacred...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802871356
• ISBN13: 9780802871350
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Length: 349 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"