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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... was born in 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.
... was born in 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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... served as court physician in Macedonia . At age eigh- teen , Aristotle became a student in Plato's Academy . He studied with Plato for twenty years ; Plato called him " the intellect " of the school . When Plato died , a nephew took ...
... served as court physician in Macedonia . At age eigh- teen , Aristotle became a student in Plato's Academy . He studied with Plato for twenty years ; Plato called him " the intellect " of the school . When Plato died , a nephew took ...
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... served in the military and did not pros- per when he returned to civilian life . In poetry during the reign of Nero , he cri- tiqued Roman life and customs with bitter satire . Ultimately , the Emperor Domitian banished him to Assuan in ...
... served in the military and did not pros- per when he returned to civilian life . In poetry during the reign of Nero , he cri- tiqued Roman life and customs with bitter satire . Ultimately , the Emperor Domitian banished him to Assuan in ...
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... served us well had they written in this manner . " Born of the Virgin Mary " is every bit as historical as " suffered under Pontius Pilate . " Livy was " the perfect Roman gentleman " whose stories were retold in Macaulay's Lays of ...
... served us well had they written in this manner . " Born of the Virgin Mary " is every bit as historical as " suffered under Pontius Pilate . " Livy was " the perfect Roman gentleman " whose stories were retold in Macaulay's Lays of ...
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... served until his death . His letters remain a written legacy that have substantial interest for Christians . His letters to the historian Tacitus , about the volcanic eruption at Vesuvius , are striking . Located on a plain on the Bay ...
... served until his death . His letters remain a written legacy that have substantial interest for Christians . His letters to the historian Tacitus , about the volcanic eruption at Vesuvius , are striking . Located on a plain on the Bay ...
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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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