What did the author mean by what he wrote? Who cares? What do you think it means? This fine attack on "literary deconstruction" the denial of fixed meaning and intent in the expression of ideas will help you understand and avoid very large "postmodern potholes." A guidebook for those who want to learn to recognize books that are spiritually and aesthetically good to cultivate good literary taste. Veith presents basic information to help book lovers understand what they read from the classics to the bestsellers. He explains how the major genres of literature communicate and explores ways comedy, tragedy, realism, and fantasy can portray the Christian worldview. (7th & up) Soft 254p