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.

• PrefaceChapter 1 Introduction- The language mosaic- Dialogue, anomie and the conservation of gains- Spinoza and Van Gogh: narratives of transformationChapter 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- ConclusionChapter 3 Interlude: From Modernity to ModernismChapter 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- ConclusionChapter 5 Conclusion: Modernity, Modernism and the Religious QuestionIndex

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.

• PrefaceChapter 1 Introduction- The language mosaic- Dialogue, anomie and the conservation of gains- Spinoza and Van Gogh: narratives of transformationChapter 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- ConclusionChapter 3 Interlude: From Modernity to ModernismChapter 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- ConclusionChapter 5 Conclusion: Modernity, Modernism and the Religious QuestionIndex

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.

• PrefaceChapter 1 Introduction- The language mosaic- Dialogue, anomie and the conservation of gains- Spinoza and Van Gogh: narratives of transformationChapter 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- ConclusionChapter 3 Interlude: From Modernity to ModernismChapter 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- ConclusionChapter 5 Conclusion: Modernity, Modernism and the Religious QuestionIndex