Reading Between the Lines: A Christian Guide to LiteratureCrossway, 31.01.2013 - 256 Seiten Here is a guidebook for those who want to learn how to recognize books that are spiritually and aesthetically good—to cultivate good literary taste. Gene Edward Veith presents basic information to help book lovers understand what they read—from the classics to the bestsellers. He explains how the major genres of literature communicate. He explores ways comedy, tragedy, realism, and fantasy can portray the Christian worldview. These discussions lead to a host of related topics—the value of fairy tales for children, the tragic and the comic sense of life, the interplay between Greek and Biblical concepts in the imagination, and the new "post-modernism" (a subject of vital importance to Christians). In the pages of this book, readers will meet writers, past and present who carry on a great literary tradition. By supporting worthy authors, Christians can exert a powerful influence on their culture. |
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... might profit by reflecting on this Mosaic injunction.4 According to Postman, “word-centered” people think in a completely different mode from “image-centered” people. His distinction is espe- cially 20 READING BETWEEN THE LINES.
... according to Postman, “is our chief weapon against mental disturbance.”8 If the trends he sees continue to develop, Postman foresees a future in which we have “peo- ple who are 'in touch with their feelings,' who are spontaneous and ...
... according to a formula; the styles are ludicrous or inept. These books give their readers almost nothing of value for their invest- ment of money and time. Such books cannot stand up to a second read- ing—once we know what happens ...
... According to Dante, blasphemy is violence against God, although such violence is pathetically futile. It is profoundly unnatural to malign the source of our very existence. To lash out in hatred at the Person who created us, makes ...
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