Contemporary Literary Theory: A Christian Appraisal - Paperback

by Clarence Walhout (Editor), Leland Ryken (Editor)

The Landscape of literary theory during the last four decades has been a chaotic and rapidly changing scene, with many rival voices clamoring for attention. Recognizing that there is a disturbing dearth of Christian literary theory, Clarence Walhout and Leland Ryken have compiled this volume of essays in order to explain several predominantly secular theories and assess them from a Christian perspective.

Author Biography

Clarence Walhout, an English professor at Calvin College for over twenty years, is a coauthor of The Responsibility of Hermeneutics.

Leland Ryken is chair of the English Department at Wheaton College; his books include The Liberated Imagination: Thinking Christianly about the Arts and Windows to the World: Literature in Christian Perspective.