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The company of the creative : a Christian reader's guide to great literature and its themes

Print Book, English, ©1999
Kregel, Grand Rapids, MI, ©1999
Criticism, interpretation, etc
639 pages ; 24 cm
9780825430978, 0825430976
41620991
What's at stake in Christian exposure to great literature?
Mining the ore of the classical world
Identifying our assets for the Middle Ages
Tapping the vitality of the Renaissance and Reformation
Revisiting crucial ideas, from the Enlightenment to postmodernity
Weighing the Christian heritage of William Shakespeare
Appreciating the treasures of British poetry
Inquiring into the values of American poetry
Sifting the amazing trove of British fiction
Examining the startling surges in American fiction
Broadening the search into world literature
Exploring the literature of an about the Jews and Israel
Assessing the literature of drama and the legitimate stage
Searching through the vast world of the imaginative and informative essay
Selecting the best in the daunting array of biography and autobiography
Postscript: Reading and its future
Appendix 1: Suggestions for further reading
Appendix 2: Greek and Roman mythology