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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... Fiction: The Art of Story-Telling 5 Poetry: The Art of Singing THE MODES OF LITERATURE 6 Tragedy and Comedy: The Literature of Damnation and Salvation Realism: Literature as a Mirror Fantasy: Literature as a Lamp THE TRADITIONS OF ...
... fiction, and poetry. Each chapter explains the inner workings of the form and focuses on Christian writers who excel in each genre. The next section examines the diverse modes of literary expres- sion: tragedy, comedy, realism, and ...
... fiction (C. S. Lewis and Ray Bradbury), thrillers (Edgar Allan Poe and Graham Greene), and mysteries (Dorothy Sayers and P. D. James). The problem is the way bad books are written: badly. Good books—even those written by non-Christians ...
... fiction— stretches our imaginations and thus builds our minds. Walter Wangerin has defined art as a “composed experience.” As a writer, he selects details and expresses them in language in such a way that the reader experiences ...
... fiction with boredom. My usual thought is, Here wego again, as the writing becomes more and more ludicrous and the author's sexual fantasies rage out of artistic control. I do not think I am being harmed simply by reading them. Some ...
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Reading Between the Lines: A Christian Guide to Literature Gene Edward Veith Jr Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2013 |
Reading Between the Lines: A Christian Guide to Literature Gene Edward Veith Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 1990 |