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Essay / God's transition to a feared and cruel deity in modernism...
Previous literary schools, such as Renaissance writers and Romanticism, depicted God as an extremely powerful, yet benevolent, deity who guaranteed that the conclusion of most events was occurring. in a positive way. After the catastrophic cost of World War I in lives, souls and property, many authors and poets changed their view of God. Instead of a loving, all-powerful force for good, God has transformed into a cruel, supernatural being who chooses not to intervene when humans suffer. Many modernists believed that if God could not prevent a disaster like World War I, he would either passively watch humans or even help them destroy their fellow men, women, and children. Authors such as TS Eliot, Ezra Pound, and Ernest Hemingway described God in this way, particularly during their periods as expatriates in Europe. Since God gave humans the power to be cruel, God must also possess a cruel side in his image. Among these best literary artists, the name of TS Eliot tops the list. His work illustrates a clear vision of modernism. As a spectator of the critical conditions of the 20th century, his poetic demonstrations and essays confirm a supreme blend of thoughts towards religion and belief (William). Another of Eliot's honors in poetry, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, was considered a plus with appreciation. He evoked the thesis of simplicity and silence in human nature. Also turning to the religious side in his practical life, Eliot expressed a variety of these themes. In The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, it symbolizes how men try to decipher women's feelings as after World War I they set to work on their new job as breadwinners. Women's measurements present the def...... middle of paper ...... so goes up. EPub edition. New York: Harper Collins, 2012. 115. eBook. MacDonald, Harold, ed. “Ash Wednesday: Ash Wednesday by TS Eliot.” Preview. Lenten Poems, 2012. Web. April 10, 2012.Moody, Anthony David. The Cambridge Companion to TS Eliot. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1994. 121. Print.Pound, Ezra. “Ballad for Gloom.” Bartleby.com. Bartleby. Internet. April 6, 2012Pound, Ezra. “The Songs”. Baym, Nina, Wayne Franklin 1492-98. Read, Forrest. “The model of Pisan songs”. Sewanee Review 65.3 (1957): 400-19. Jam. April 12, 2012. Rodgers, Audrey T. “TS Eliot’s “Purgatorio”: The Structure of Ash Wednesday.” Studies in Comparative Literature 7.1 (1970): 97-112. JSTOR. April 8, 2012. Videnov, Valentin A. “Human Voices in Silent Seas: A Reading of Eliot's Love Song.” » The Explainer 67.2 (2009): 126+. Literary Resource Center. Internet. May 1 2012.