Title: The Discerning Reader: Christian Perspective on Liteature and Theory

Edited by- David Barratt, Roger Pooley & Leland Ryken

Genre: - Anthology

Sub-genre: Essay

Nationality: - American

Time Period: - 20th Century

First and Last Read by Dr. Rearick - January 1998 / June 2000

Rated: - ?

Use: Introduction to Literature

Location: - Dr. Rearick's Office and MVNC Bookstore

Contents:

About the contributors 7
Introduction 9
1 What does literature do? / Roger Pooley 15
2 Canons / Valentine Cunningham 37
3 Christians poetics, past and present / Donald T. Williams 53
4 Reading and interpretive communities / Donald G. Marshall 69
5 The turn to history / John D. Cox 85
6 The woman's place / Elisabeth Jay 103
7 Words and presences: the spiritual imperative / Kevin Mills 121
8 The Bible and literary study / Leland Ryken 139
9 Shakespeare and Christianity / Rowland Cotterill 155
10 Reading Paradise Lost / U. Milo Kaufmann 177
11 Romantic poetry and the Wholly Spirit / J. R. Watson 195
12 Time for Hardy: Jude and the obscuring of Scripture / David Barratt 219
13 How feminist can a handmaid be? Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale / Elizabeth Clarke 235
14 Why wait for an angel? Thomas Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49 / John Schad 251
15 For further reading: a survey / David Barratt 265

Notes 283

Index 307

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