Madeleine (Camp Franklin) L'Engle Biography

This Biography consists of approximately 19 pages of information about the life of Madeleine (Camp Franklin) L'Engle.
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Madeleine (Camp Franklin) L'Engle Biography

This Biography consists of approximately 19 pages of information about the life of Madeleine (Camp Franklin) L'Engle.
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Madeleine L'Engle's writings reflect her passionate concern with major aspects of life: a happy family life, the right and responsibility of the individual to make choices, the art of writing, death, and God. Because L'Engle writes about such topics in so many different genres--science fiction, suspense, young adult novels, poetry, playwriting, and nonfiction--she defies convenient classification as a writer. Yet because approximately half her works are written for children, she is primarily known as a children's writer.

There are paradoxes in L'Engle's writing. Although she is a Christian, some of L'Engle's most theological works have been written as a reaction against what is thought of in some circles as Christian piety. Her constant grappling with the idea of God and her all-encompassing theology might well offend readers with a very traditional view of Christianity, while her obviously Christian philosophy might antagonize those who tend toward atheism or agnosticism...

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