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| For general introductions to Christian engagement with literature, you might try one of the following: Roger Lundin, Literature through the Eyes of Faith (Harper and Row, 1989); Leland Ryken, Windows to the World: Literature in Christian Perspective (Zondervan, 1985); and Gene Edward Veith, Jr., Reading Between the Lines: A Christian Guide to Literature, (Crossway Books, 1990). Jill Paton Walsh is an accomplished and award-winning novelist, many of whose books are available in the U.S. Some of her books are mystery novels, others historical fiction, still others children's books. Here is a list of titles currently available in the U.S. (adult fiction titles are in bold italics): Fireweed (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1970); Goldengrove (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1972); A Chance Child (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1979); Shine (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1981); A Parcel of Patterns (Puffin, 1986); Gaffer Samson's Luck (Puffin, 1987); Torch (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1987); Birdy and the Ghosties (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1989); Grace (Viking, 1992); When Grandma Came (Viking, 1992); Matthew and the Sea Singer (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1992); Pepi and the Secret Names (Lothrop Lee and Shepherd, 1994); Connie Came to Play (Viking, 1995); A Piece of Justice (St. Martin's Press, 1995); and When I Was Little Like You (Viking, 1997). Other adult fiction which seems to be out of print includes: Farewell, Great King (1972); Lapsing (1986); A School for Lovers (1989); The Wyndham Case (1993); and Knowledge of Angels (1994). Many of these will be available at your local library. [Posted November 2001, ALG] | James Calvin Schaap, on writing and the challenge to piety (MARS HILL AUDIO Journal, March/April 2000) MHT-43.2.1 Jill Paton Walsh, on completing Dorothy Sayers's unfinished novel, Thrones, Dominations (MARS HILL AUDIO Journal, Nov./Dec. 1998) MHT-35.1.1 Ron Hansen, on what makes good fiction (MARS HILL AUDIO Journal, May/June 1996) MHT-21.1.4 A. G. Mojtabai, on how contemporary novelists ignore religion (MARS HILL AUDIO Journal, May/June 1995) MHT-15.1.4 Alan Jacobs, on Anne Rice and the popularity of her vampire novels (MARS HILL AUDIO Journal, Jan./Feb. 1995) MHT-13.1.4 Alan Jacobs, on novelist Iris Murdoch and how fiction encourages reflection in the moral life (MARS HILL AUDIO Journal, March/April 1994) MHT-8.1.1 Ralph C. Wood, on the backslidden comedy of novelist Peter De Vries (MARS HILL AUDIO Journal, Sept./Oct. 1993) MHT-5.2.2 David Aikman, on his novel When the Almond Tree Blossoms, and on the perpetual temptations of totalitarianism (MARS HILL AUDIO Journal, Sept./Oct. 1993) MHT-5.1.1 Alzina Stone Dale, on unknown fiction by Dorothy Sayers, and how she was a certain kind of feminist (MARS HILL AUDIO Journal, July/Aug. 1993) MHT-4.1.2 Alan Jacobs, on The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller, and why sentimentalism in life and in art is a moral problem (MARS HILL AUDIO Journal, July/Aug. 1993) MHT-4.1.1 Jay Tolson, on how Walker Percy's search for authenticity led to his conversion (MARS HILL AUDIO Journal, May/June 1993) MHT-3.2.3 Alan Jacobs, on The Children of Men by P. D. James (MARS HILL AUDIO Journal, May/June 1993) MHT-3.2.1 Larry Woiwode, on Flannery O'Connor, John Updike, and what fiction is good for (MARS HILL AUDIO Journal, May/June 1993) MHT-3.1.3 P. D. James, on why evil characters are easier to depict than good characters, and why some people like mysteries while others don't (MARS HILL AUDIO Journal, March/April 1993) MHT-2.1.1 |