The Western literary masterworks are a treasure trove of imagination and insight—the priceless heritage of a three thousand year conversation about the primary issues we confront as human beings. Too often, however, the newer-is-truer craze leaves the classics untapped and unopened.
Invitation to the Classics will open a new generation of readers to the wonder of some of mankind's greatest creations. This volume helps the reader to enter the world of the great books. In rich, full-color illustrations and clear, understandable text penned by fifty experts, the work introduces the major Western classics from a Christian perspective.
From Homer to Solzhenitsyn—with such giants as Chaucer, Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Hawthorne, Dostoyevsky, and Yeats in between—Invitation to the Classics presents an overview of individual classics, including key insights, historical background, recommended editions, and issues to explore. The seventy-eight essays examine the interaction of various works with the Christian faith and highlight each work's spiritual insights.
Invitation to the Classics was awarded a Christianity Today Book Award in 1999.