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Author:   Patrick Grant
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
ISBN:  

9781032902722

ISBN 10:   1032902728
Pages:   100
Publication Date:   21 May 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

Preface Chapter 1 Introduction - The language mosaic - Dialogue, anomie and the conservation of gains - Spinoza and Van Gogh: narratives of transformation Chapter 2 Spinoza’s Bad Dream - Spinoza in outline - Metaphysics, mystery and double reading - The critique of religion - Infinite series - Self-interest and seeking truth with others - Conclusion Chapter 3 Interlude: From Modernity to Modernism Chapter 4 Van Gogh and Modernism - Recapitulation and making new - The religious phase - An Enlightenment critique - Romantic self-fashioning and new challenges - Paris, Arles and St. Rémy: the “draughtsman’s fist” recovered - Conclusion Chapter 5 Conclusion: Modernity, Modernism and the Religious Question Index

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Patrick Grant is Professor Emeritus at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He has published widely on relationships amongst literature, religion and secularism. He has a special interest in literature of the English Renaissance, literary theory, and the literature and culture of modern Northern Ireland. He has published a series of books on the letters of Vincent van Gogh.

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