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Ryken, Leland.

Realms of gold : the classics in Christian perspective / Leland Ryken.

Eugene, Or. : Wipf and Stock Pub., ©1991.

x, 230 pages ; 23 cm.

Great literature brings us to a point outside ourselves, bringing us some new insight about life. Sometimes these themes are from a Christian perspective, sometimes they are not; Leland Ryken brings us a framework to analyze some of the most famous classics from a Christian perspective. From the Odyssey to Camus' The Stranger, Christian themes have presented themselves throughout literature. - Publisher.

The Wheaton literary series

Wheaton literary series.

Christianity and literature.

Religion and literature.

Previously published by Harold Shaw Pub., 1991.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Reading the classics for all they're worth -- Homer's Odyssey and the value of myth -- Chaucer's Canterbury tales and the comic spirit in literature -- Shakespeare's Macbeth and the tragic spirit in literature -- Milton's Paradise lost and the Bible as literary influence -- Poetry and the Christian life -- Hawthorne's The scarlet letter : what is a Christian classic? -- Dickens' Great expectations and literature as recreation -- Tolstoy's The death of Ivan Ilych and the truth of fiction -- Camus' The stranger and modern literature -- Where do we go from here?

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