The Company of the Creative: A Christian Reader's Guide to Great Literature and Its ThemesKregel Academic - 639 páginas Great works and authors of the world are introduced and reviewed artistically, intellectually, and theologically. Persons discussed include Plato, Milton, Dickens, Shakespeare, Charlotte Bronte, Mark Twain, and C. S. Lewis. |
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... influence on the course of English literature than all other forces put together . " 19 • There is no more basic literary theme than the biblical dialectic between Eden's innocence and the post - fall need for transforming redemption ...
... influence on the course of English literature than all other forces put together . " 19 • There is no more basic literary theme than the biblical dialectic between Eden's innocence and the post - fall need for transforming redemption ...
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... influence penetrated Greek thought . Aeschylus fought nobly at Marathon to defeat the Persians in 490 and possibly was at Salamis and in other battles . He competed in drama - writing contests and won in 484. We possess seven of his ...
... influence penetrated Greek thought . Aeschylus fought nobly at Marathon to defeat the Persians in 490 and possibly was at Salamis and in other battles . He competed in drama - writing contests and won in 484. We possess seven of his ...
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... Athens in 470 B.c. and raised in an artisan's home . He served in the military but exerted a profound influence on a circle of young followers whom he taught through his question - and - 28 THE COMPANY OF THE CREATIVE.
... Athens in 470 B.c. and raised in an artisan's home . He served in the military but exerted a profound influence on a circle of young followers whom he taught through his question - and - 28 THE COMPANY OF THE CREATIVE.
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... influenced by Plato , Aristotle was plainly troubled that Plato so loved the general and the universal that in The Republic ... influence on Western thought . 1 Foundational to all of his thought was logic and his identification of the ...
... influenced by Plato , Aristotle was plainly troubled that Plato so loved the general and the universal that in The Republic ... influence on Western thought . 1 Foundational to all of his thought was logic and his identification of the ...
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... influence was restrictive , and young Herodotus gave him- self unstintingly to the mastery of Greek literature . He traveled widely and has been called " the world's first sight - seer . " Similarities and contrasts with Paul's journeys ...
... influence was restrictive , and young Herodotus gave him- self unstintingly to the mastery of Greek literature . He traveled widely and has been called " the world's first sight - seer . " Similarities and contrasts with Paul's journeys ...
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Tapping the Vitality of the Renaissance | 77 |
Revisiting Crucial Ideas from | 103 |
Weighing the Christian Heritage | 145 |
Appreciating the Treasures of British Poetry | 179 |
Inquiring into the Values of American Poetry | 261 |
Examining the Startling Surges | 375 |
Broadening the Search into World Literature | 425 |
Exploring the Literature of and About | 490 |
Assessing the Literature of Drama and | 512 |
Searching Through the Vast World of | 532 |
Selecting the Best in the Daunting Array | 558 |
Reading and Its Future | 582 |
Sifting the Amazing Trove of British Fiction | 306 |
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The Company of the Creative: A Christian Reader's Guide to Great Literature ... David L. Larsen Sin vista previa disponible - 1999 |
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