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The Discerning Reader: Christian Perspectives on literature and theory |
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Barratt, Pooley, Ryken (Ed) |
Catalogue number: J.1.325
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If the world is alive with God's glory, the poet and the critic alike are called to recognise it, celebrate it, and interpret it. English studies today, however, are gripped by anxiety over both the content of, and the values implicit in, literary criticism. Has the glory departed? Is literature only play, or does it nurture and transmit a culture, including its moral values? Are literary critics now dependent on the perspectives offered by post-structuralism, feminism or Marxism? The Discerning Reader is a Christian response to the major issues and some key texts encountered by students in English studies. It is concerned with both theory and practice, an indispensable and unique guide for all discerning readers. A marvellous set of essays by lecturers in English in Britain and the USA examining theories about liberation and poetry, then moving on to case studies including Shakespeare, Milton, Romantic poetry, Hardy, Attwood and Pynchon, concluding with an excellent bibliographical survey by David Barnatt of valuable resources in the various literary traditions.
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ART, MUSIC & LITERATURE
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Section: J
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Catalogue Entry: 9.40
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