The Devotional Poetry of Donne, Herbert, and Milton (Christian Guides To The Classics Series)
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We've all heard about the classics and assume they're great. Some of us have even read them on our own. But for those of us who remain a bit intimidated or simply want to get more out of our reading,...
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We've all heard about the classics and assume they're great. Some of us have even read them on our own. But for those of us who remain a bit intimidated or simply want to get more out of our reading, Crossway's Christian Guides to the Classics are here to help.
In these short guidebooks, popular professor, author, and literary expert Leland Ryken takes you through some of the greatest literature in history while answering your questions along the way.
Each book:
Includes an introduction to the author and work
Explains the cultural context
Incorporates published criticism
Defines key literary terms
Contains discussion questions at the end of each unit of the text
Lists resources for further study
Evaluates the classic text from a Christian worldview
This volume leads readers through the devotional poetry of three seventeenth-century poetic geniuses: John Donne, George Herbert, and John Milton.
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PRODUCT DETAIL
- Catalogue Code 452546
- Product Code 9781433541216
- ISBNÂ 1433541211
- EANÂ 9781433541216
- Department Academic
- Category Classic
- Sub-Category General
- Publisher Good News Publishers
- Publication Date Aug 2014
- Sales Rank 70901
- DRMÂ Free
- Printable No
- Size 0.35 MB (EPUB)
Leland Ryken
Leland Ryken (Ph.D., University of Oregon) is Clyde S. Kilby Professor of English at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois. He is the author of more than one hundred published articles and essays, and he has written, edited or contributed to (so far) twenty-five books, including The Word of God in English: Criteria for Excellence in Bible Translation (Crossway), The Christian Imagination: The Practice of Faith in Literature and Writing (Shaw), Dictionary of Biblical Imagery (InterVarsity Press), The Discerning Reader: Christian Perspectives on Literature and Theory (Baker) and A Complete Literary Guide to the Bible (Zondervan).
His most recent books have been on C.S.Lewis' works A Reader's Guide Through the Wardrobe and A Reader's Guide to Caspian: A Journey into C. S. Lewis's Narnia and Understanding English Bible Translation: The Case for an Essentially Literal Approach. He is a frequent speaker at the Evangelical Theological Society and served as literary stylist for The Holy Bible, English Standard Version.
Koorong -Editorial Review.
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