Reading Between the Lines
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Reading Between the Lines

A Christian Guide to Literature

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eBook - ePub

Reading Between the Lines

A Christian Guide to Literature

About this book

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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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Reading Between The Lines
  3. Turning Point Christian Worldview Series Marvin Olasky, General Editor
  4. Reading Between The Lines Achristian Guide to Literature
  5. Copyright
  6. For my students
  7. Content
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Preface
  10. Chapter1: THE WORD AND THE IMAGE: The Importance of Reading
  11. Chapter2: VICARIOUS EXPERIENCE AND VICARIOUS SIN: The Importance of Criticism
  12. THE FORMS OF LITERATURE
  13. Chapter3: NONFICTION: The Art of Truth-Telling
  14. Chapter4: FICTION: The Art of Story-Telling
  15. Chapter5: POETRY: The Art of Singing
  16. THE MODES OF LITERATURE
  17. Chapter6: TRAGEDY AND COMEDY: The Literature of Damnation and Salvation
  18. Chapter7: REALISM: Literature as a Mirror
  19. Chapter8: FANTASY: Literature as a Lamp
  20. THE TRADITIONS OF LITERATURE
  21. Chapter9: THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE REFORMATION: The Literature of Belief
  22. Chapter10: THE ENLIGHTENMENT AND ROMANTICISM: The Literature of Nature and the Self
  23. Chapter11: MODERNISM AND POSTMODERNISM: The Literature of Consciousness and Self-Consciousness
  24. Chapter12: THE MAKERS OF LITERATURE: Writers, Publishers, and Readers
  25. Appendix
  26. Notes
  27. Scripture Index
  28. General Index