The four major writers discussed within this volume (Spenser, Milton, Swift, and Byron) are narrative artists deeply concerned with action, external action as an expression of man's dynamic being, with an activating core of sexual instincts.
Originally published in 1930, this classic of modern Shakespeare criticism proves both enlightening and innovative. Standing head and shoulders above all other Shakespearean interpretations, this is the masterwork of the brilliant English scholar, G. Wilson Knight. Founding a new and influential school of Shakespearean criticism, Wheel of Fire was Knight's first venture in the field - his writing sparkles with insight and wit, and his analyses...
Excerpt from Christian Renaissance With Interpretations of Dante, Shakespeare and Goethe, and New Discussions of Oscar Wilde and the Gospel of Thomas
On its first appearance this book had a generous reception in theological circles. The small edition sold about equally in Great Britain, Canada and the United States of America, and though it has been for many years out of print, it seems to have been exerting a steady, if quiet, in¿uence. I st...
