Reading between the Lines, Gene Edward Veith Jr.
Reading between the Lines, Gene Edward Veith Jr.
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Reading between the Lines
A Christian Guide to Literature

Author: Gene Edward Veith Jr.

Narrator: Jeff Riggenbach

Unabridged: 10 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/01/2016


Synopsis

This is a guidebook for Christians who want to learn how to recognize books that are spiritually and aesthetically good—to cultivate good literary taste. Gene Edward Veith presents basic information to help book lovers understand what they read, from the classics to the bestsellers. He explains how the major genres of literature communicate and explores the ways in which comedy, tragedy, realism, and fantasy can portray the Christian worldview.These discussions lead to a host of related topics: the value of fairy tales for children, the tragic and the comic sense of life, the interplay between Greek and Biblical concepts in the imagination, and the new “post-modernism,” a subject of vital importance to Christians.In the pages of this book, readers will meet writers, past and present, who carry on a great literary tradition. By supporting worthy authors, Christians can exert a powerful influence on their culture.

About Gene Edward Veith Jr.

Gene Edward Veith, Jr., is provost and professor of literature emeritus at Patrick Henry College. He previously worked as the culture editor of World magazine. Veith and his wife, Jackquelyn, have three grown children and seven grandchildren.

About Jeff Riggenbach

Jeff Riggenbach (1947-2021) narrated numerous titles for Blackstone Audio and won an AudioFile Earphones Award. An author, contributing editor, and producer, he worked in radio in San Francisco for more than thirty years, earning a Golden Mike Award for journalistic excellence.


Reviews

This may sound strange, but I forgot how influential this book has been on my thinking. I read this a little more than three years ago and liked it enough that I bought a copy at some point, but on listening to it on audio this past week I was struck by how many concepts I have "taken with me" or ho......more

Goodreads review by Abby

This is a wonderfully helpful book of you're interested in delving deeper into the different types of literature in their historical and philosophical context. I think this would be excellent for any high schoolers to work through, and it's a good addition to any home our classroom. I did find a min......more


Quotes

“The scope of this project is impressive.” Leland Ryken, author of The Christian Imagination

“Dr. Veith proves himself once again to be a knowledgeable guide through the landscape of the written word.” Luci Shaw, author of God in the Dark

Reading between the Lines is thoroughly enjoyable and thoroughly literate—a magnificent blending of history, literature, and theology that will be welcomed by professionals and laity alike.” Wayne Martindale, professor of English, Wheaton College

“This book should raise significantly the cultural level of evangelicalism.” Edward E. Ericson Jr., professor emeritus of English, Calvin College