Geoffrey Chaucer: late medieval orthodoxy -- William Shakespeare's Macbeth: a vision of a godly kingdom -- George Herbert's "The collar" & John Donne's "Holy sonnet #14": Anglican agony -- John Donne & Andrew Marvell: the division between body & soul -- A geological interlude: Tennyson's In memoriam & the rise of science -- William Golding & John Milton: twin falls -- G.B. Shaw: Christ's kingdom in imperial Britain -- William Faulkner's "Barn burning": a modern, secular vision of community -- Philip Larkin: a thoughtful but skeptical view of Christian faith -- C.S. Lewis: modern orthodoxy.
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