'The Greatest Religious Novels of All Time' stands as a monumental anthology, showcasing a diverse array of seminal works that interrogate and celebrate the nuanced contours of religious experience. This collection spans a wide range of literary styles—from the allegorical fervor of John Bunyan to the existential inquiries of Fyodor Dostoevsky, and the satirical sharpness of Voltaire. The anthology not only reflects the rich tapestry of historical religious discourse but also encapsulates how these narratives can intersect with profound philosophical questions and societal critiques. It invites readers to traverse a landscape where each narrative crafts a distinct yet resonant dialogue with the divine and the mundane. The contributing authors, giants in their respective eras, bring a formidable depth of cultural and historical perspectives. Figures such as Dante Alighieri and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe root the collection in a foundational literary tradition, while voices like Leo Tolstoy and Anton Chekhov offer a glimpse into the ideological tumult and exploration of the 19th century. This melding of periods and viewpoints provides a panoramic view on how religious themes have been variously construed and articulated across time and cultures, presenting a rich field of study on both historical and existential planes. This anthology is an indispensable resource for anyone interested in the intersections of literature, religion, and philosophy. 'The Greatest Religious Novels of All Time' promises not just a reading experience but an intellectual journey through the minds of some of history's greatest thinkers. Readers are encouraged to delve into this collection to appreciate the breadth and depth of religious discourse, witnessing how it shapes and is shaped by the human condition. It is a testament to the enduring power of literature to explore and reflect the most profound questions of life, belief, and beyond.
The Greatest Religious Novels of All Time : Religious Fiction Collection: The Grand Inquisitor, Faust, The Holy War, Divine Comedy, Ben-Hur…
Authors:
- Dante Alighieri
- James Joyce
- Mark Twain
- Anton Chekhov
- John Milton
- Leo Tolstoy
- John Bunyan
- Voltaire
- Henryk Sienkiewicz
- Charles M. Sheldon
- Henry Van Dyke
- G. K. Chesterton
- Grace Livingston Hill
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Friedrich Nietzsche
- John Henry Newman
- Gustave Flaubert
- Robert Hugh Benson
- Arthur Christopher Benson
- Paul Laurence Dunbar
- Prentice Mulford
- Anatole France
- Marie Corelli
- Leonid Andreyev
- George MacDonald
Format:
Duration:
- 6387 pages
Language:
English
The Divine Comedy. Inferno
Dante Alighieri
audiobookDie Göttliche Komödie : Die Hölle
Dante Alighieri
audiobookThe Divine Comedy
Dante Alighieri
bookThe Divine Comedy. Purgatory
Dante Alighieri
audiobookThe Divine Comedy : Inferno. Purgatory. Paradise
Dante Alighieri
audiobookParaíso (Comedia)
Dante Alighieri, José Juan Micó (Translator)
audiobookInfierno (Comedia)
Dante Alighieri, José Juan Micó (Translator)
audiobookPurgatorio (Comedia)
Dante Alighieri, José Juan Micó (Translator)
audiobookDie göttliche Komödie - Die Hölle
Dante Alighieri
audiobookThe New Life
Dante Alighieri
audiobookbookÜber die Monarchie : Die Suche nach politischer Stabilität in einer fragmentierten Welt: Eine philosophische Vision von universaler Herrschaft
Dante Alighieri
bookLa divina comedia
Dante Alighieri
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Dante Alighieri
Dante Alighieri, born in Florence in 1265, became one of the leading lyric poets in Italy as a young man. He was exiled for political reasons, and in the last fifteen years of his life composed The Divine Comedy, of which the Inferno is the most-read part today.
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James Joyce
James Joyce (1882–1941) is best known for his experimental use of language and his exploration of new literary methods. His subtle yet frank portrayal of human nature, coupled with his mastery of language, made him one of the most influential novelists of the 20th century. Joyce’s use of “stream-of-consciousness” reveals the flow of impressions, half thoughts, associations, hesitations, impulses, as well as the rational thoughts of his characters. The main strength of his masterpiece novel, Ulysses (1922) lies in the depth of character portrayed using this technique. Joyce’s other major works include Dubliners, a collection of short stories that portray his native city, a semi-autobiographical novel called A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man (1916), and Finnegan’s Wake (1939).
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Mark Twain
Mark Twain, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in 1835, left school at age 12. His career encompassed such varied occupations as printer, Mississippi riverboat pilot, journalist, travel writer, and publisher, which furnished him with a wide knowledge of humanity and the perfect grasp of local customs and speech manifested in his writing. It wasn't until The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), that he was recognized by the literary establishment as one of the greatest writers America would ever produce. Toward the end of his life, plagued by personal tragedy and financial failure, Twain grew more and more cynical and pessimistic. Though his fame continued to widen--Yale and Oxford awarded him honorary degrees--he spent his last years in gloom and desperation, but he lives on in American letters as "the Lincoln of our literature."
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Anton Chekhov
Anton Chekhov was born on January 29, 1860 in Taganrog, Russia. He graduated from the University of Moscow in 1884. Chekhov died of tuberculosis in Germany on July 14, 1904, shortly after his marriage to actress Olga Knipper, and was buried in Moscow.
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John Milton
John Milton is a famous English poet and intellectual known for his epic, Paradise Lost.
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Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy grew up in Russia, raised by a elderly aunt and educated by French tutors while studying at Kazen University before giving up on his education and volunteering for military duty. When writing his greatest works, War and Peace and Anna Karenina, Tolstoy drew upon his diaries for material. At eighty-two, while away from home, he suffered from declining health and died in Astapovo, Riazan in 1910.
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Henry Van Dyke
Henry Van Dyke (1928–2011) was born in Allegan, Michigan, and grew up in Montgomery, Alabama, where his parents were professors at Alabama State College. He served in the Army in occupied Germany, playing flute in the 427th Marching Band. There he abandoned his early ambition to become a concert pianist and began to write. In 1958, after attending the University of Michigan on the G.I. Bill and living in Ann Arbor, he moved to New York, where he spent the rest of his life. Henry taught creative writing part-time at Kent State University from 1969 until his retirement in 1993, and was the author of four novels, including Blood of Strawberries, a sequel to Ladies of the Rachmaninoff Eyes.
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Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert was a French novelist who is counted among the greatest Western novelists, known especially for his first published novel Madame Bovary, and for his scrupulous devotion to his art and style, best exemplified by his endless search for le mot juste ("the precise word"). He was born in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, in the Haute-Normandie Region of France.
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