The New Optimism—From Prufrock to Ringo
“Is it possible to note, some forty years after The Hollow Men, that the world has ended neither with a bang nor a whimper?. … But on the night of Eliot's death, President Johnson invited his fellow-countrymen not only to enter the world of the twentieth century but to accept the possibility of...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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1966
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Theology today
Year: 1966, Volume: 22, Issue: 4, Pages: 479-490 |
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| Summary: | “Is it possible to note, some forty years after The Hollow Men, that the world has ended neither with a bang nor a whimper?. … But on the night of Eliot's death, President Johnson invited his fellow-countrymen not only to enter the world of the twentieth century but to accept the possibility of revolutionary changes in that world. … This shift we are charting from pessimism to optimism can also be described as a move from alienation to politics, from blues to freedom song.” |
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| ISSN: | 2044-2556 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology today
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/004057366602200404 |
