“A scrupulously argued, meticulously documented and critically imaginative work of scholarship” —Maria DiBattista, Princeton University
“Mutter combines the lucid scrutinies of a literary critic with the theoretical astuteness of a theorist of religion and “the secular” to cast new light on modernism, modern religious life, and the prospects for commerce between them.”— Charles Mathewes, University of Virginia
"Matthew Mutter's book is a remarkably wise study of the tensions surrounding secularism and religion as they make their impact on four major writers: Wallace Stevens, Virginia Woolf, W. B. Yeats, and W. H. Auden. His book is a constant pleasure to read."— Denis Donoghue, New York University
“This brilliant study argues that secularization involves much more than acceptance of a world without god; it requires a searching and complex new imagining of the world. Mutter shows how modern literature engages us in this difficult transition, revealing its perils and rewards.”—Bonnie Costello, Boston University
“This study establishes Mutter among the finest scholars of modernism of his generation.”—Jeffrey M. Perl, Bar-Ilan University