Tending the Heart of Virtue - How Classic Stories Awaken a Child''s Moral Imagination

Zusatztext Guroian's book remains a must-read for those interested in children's literature. Informationen zum Autor Until his retirement in 2015, Vigen Guroian was Professor of Religious Studies in Orthodox Christianity at the University of Virginia. He is now a Permanent Senior Fellow of the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal, Senior Fellow at the Center on Law and Religion at Emory University, Distinguished Fellow of the John Jay Institute, and Senior Fellow at the Trinity Forum. He also is on the faculty of Memoria College online and is the author of ten books including The Orthodox Reality: Culture, Theology, and Ethics in the Modern World. Klappentext Tending the Heart of Virtue sheds light on the power of classic children's tales to shape the moral imagination. This revised and expanded edition includes three new chapters on such stories as Hans Christian Andersen's The Ugly Duckling, the Grimms' Cinderella, and John Ruskin's The King of the Golden River. Zusammenfassung Tending the Heart of Virtue sheds light on the power of classic children's tales to shape the moral imagination. This revised and expanded edition includes three new chapters on such stories as Hans Christian Andersen's The Ugly Duckling, the Grimms' Cinderella, and John Ruskin's The King of the Golden River. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Preface to the Second Edition Introduction 1 Awakening the Moral Imagination 2 On Becoming a Real Human Child: Pinocchio 3 Love and Immortality in The Velveteen Rabbit and The Little Mermaid 4 Friends and Mentors in The Wind in the Willows, Charlottes Web, and Bambi 5 Evil and Redemption in The Snow Queen and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 6 Heroines of Faith and Courage: Princess Irene in The Princess and the Goblin and Lucy in Prince Caspian 7 The Triumph of Beauty in The Nightingale and The Ugly Duckling 8 The Goodness of Goodness: The Grimms' Cinderella and John Ruskin's The King of the Golden River 9 Obedience and the Path to Perfection in George MacDonald's The Wise Woman: A Double Story Conclusion: A Bibliographical Essay Notes Index ...

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Vigen Guroian, Vigen (Professor of Religious Studies in Guroian, Vigen (Professor of Religious Studies in Orthodox Christianity Guroian, Guroian Vigen
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 17.03.2023
• EAN: 9780195384307
• ISBN: 978-0-19-538430-7
• Seiten: 330
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft; RELIGION / Christian Education / General, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, LITERARY CRITICISM / Children's & Young Adult Literature, Christian life & practice, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Literary theory, Christian life and practice, Children's literature studies: general, Children’s and teenage literature studies: general