Williams, Donald T., 1951-

Inklings of reality : essays toward a Christian philosophy of letters / by Donald T. Williams. - 2nd ed., expanded and revised - Lynchburg, VA : Lantern Hollow Press, 2012. - xviii, 337 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction : The conversation -- Reading and the awakening of biblical consciousness -- Christian poetics past and present -- John Calvin, humanist and reformer -- Biblically conscious martyrs : John Foxe and a Christian philosophy of history -- "The excellencies of God" : Christian motivation and themes in Puritan poetry -- "Thou art still my God" : George Herbert and the poetics of edification -- "Old Possum's book of Christian poets" : T.S. Eliot and C.S. Lewis -- Why Evangelicals can't write -- The significance of Tolkien's elves -- Conclusion : Regeneration and right thinking.

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Christian literature--History and criticism.

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