Title:
The truth and beauty : how the lives and works of England's greatest poets point the way to a deeper understanding of the words of Jesus / Andrew Klavan.
ISBN:
9780310364610
9780310364634
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Publication Information:
Grand Rapids : Zondervan Books, 2022.
©2022
Physical Description:
xiii, 255 pages ; 22 cm
Contents:
Introduction : Christ and the Romantics -- Part one : The problems of a godless world. The immortal evening : the spiritual hinge of history -- Who's there? : Hamlet and the problem of unbelief -- Unhallowed arts : Frankenstein and the problem of science -- To reign in hell : Paradise Lost and the problem of radical politics -- Part two : The journey toward solutions. The gate to the garden : Lyrical Ballads and the reconstruction of the soul -- The songs of spring : Keats's odes and reconstructing eternity -- Part three : Reconstructing Jesus. A romantic meditation on the Gospels -- Epilogue : The road to Emmaus ; Everything becomes literature.
Summary:
"The words of Jesus can be as mysterious as they are familiar. For those seeking greater understanding of the Gospels through storytelling and poetry comes this book by Andrew Klavan, who chronicles his own inspiring, late-in-life journey to achieve a fresh perspective and deep connection to Jesus's most well-known and complex biblical passages." -- Provided by publisher.
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OCLC Number:
on1286797422
Availability:
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