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Sto caricando le informazioni... Branches to Heaven (edizione 2008)di James Como (Autore)
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. This is one of the most difficult books I have ever read. I still do not understand parts of it. It seems more like a stream of consciousness than a well-planned presentation. The author seems quite knowledgeable and has an interesting perspective, that of a rhetorician, of which I would gladly learn more. There are many references that I do not get. I wish the author had been clearer in his presentation, not assumed so much of the reader, and included more footnotes. I'll have to read it again more carefully and follow some of the leads. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Of Edmund Spenser, C. S. Lewis wrote, "his work is one, like a growing thing, a tree with branches to heaven and roots to hell. And in between these two extremes comes all the multiplicity of human life." This book seeks to demonstrate the aptness of that quotation when applied to Lewis himself. From his deepest emotional and psychological landscape, to his prevailing temperament, and then to his training, Lewis marshaled his magnificent rhetorical skills on behalf of his vocation: to make Christianity a reasonable and inviting alternative to doubters. In this--and through the many genres of which he was a master--he never wavered. These are the branches--"the available means of persuasion," as Aristotle put it. Sources, influences, experience and his very self: these are the roots. A close look at these, with a combination of argument, critical analysis, and some fresh connections, finally yield an unexpected portrait. C. S. Lewis and his work are indeed one, with deeper roots and loftier branches than the current reputation of the master and his avuncular persona suggest. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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