The fundamental theme of world literature has conflicting metaphysical and secular aspects which the Universalist tradition in literature combines, offering a new direction in contempo
The fundamental theme of world literature has conflicting metaphysical and secular aspects which the Universalist tradition in literature combines, offering a new direction in contempo
Literary criticism (general)
In this work of literary Universalism which carries forward the thinking in T.S. Eliot s Tradition and the Individual Talent and other essays, Hagger traces the fundamental theme of world literature, which has alternating metaphysical and secular aspects: a quest for Reality and immortality; and condemnation of social vices in relation to an implied virtue. Since classical times these two antithetical traditions have periodically been synthesised by Universalists. Hagger sets out the world Universalist literary tradition: the writers who from ancient times have based their work on the fundamental Universalist theme. These can be found in the Graeco-Roman world, the Middle Ages and Renaissance, in the Baroque Age, in the Neoclassical, Romantic Victorian and Modernist periods, and in the modern time.
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He hits a pace, a tilt, that really carries the reader along...Everything comes as a subordinate clause to his dramatic momentum, a hand waving out of the express train window. Ted Hughes, Poet Laureate ~
His poetic felicities include a poetic mix of Eliot, Pound and Blake; the judicious invention of his own psychological terms to guide his progress; an unafraid nakedness, linked to philosophic and scientific adventurousness; genuine visionary leanings and occasional lyric beauty. Sebastian Barker, Past chairman of The Poetry Society ~
How much William James would have supported all those who value the quality and range of a truly comprehensive modern awareness as Nicholas Hagger does. Sir Laurens van der Post ~
Praise for The Light of Civilization: An extraordinary book. David Gascoyne ~
Brilliant! Nexus ~
Praise for The New Philosophy of Universalism: The scope of Hagger's book is immense. Universalism is a call to a philosopher to...attempt, once again, the kind of Grand Unified Theory of Everything that has marked the discipline from the beginning. Christopher Macann, Lecturer in philosophy at the University of Bordeaux, author of Being and Becoming ~
This is one of the most important philosophical books to appear since Whitehead's "Process and Reality" eighty years ago and deserves the widest possible readership. A stupendous achievement. David Lorimer, Programme Director, Scientific and Medical Network ~
