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			ON DAN BROWN'S THE DA VINCI CODE:
			INTRODUCTION AND TABLE OF CONTENTS by Raymond Nighan, Ph.D.


		Welcome to my web pages on The Da Vinci Code. Why add one more page to the thousands already on the web? In reviewing the on line and print criticism, I was struck with the fact that most commentaries focused on the novel's alleged errors, so I wanted to explore the book to see if it offered any perspective worthy of discussion at all. It does, and therefore these pages do not follow the traditional critiques. (Site posted June 21, 2006)

I wish to sustain two hypotheses: First, that the novel is not the anti-Christian polemic critics have alleged, and secondly, Teabing's character as a historical charlatan has been significantly misunderstood since Brown intended a dramatization of Teabing's consciousness that reveals much more than a researcher who cannot get his facts straight.

To sustain these objectives, I have examined the novel looking for literary and philosophical allusions that might sustain extended discussion and debate. In researching each chapter, I have referenced...

Shakespeare	Milton	John Donne	Chaucer	Martin Luther	Joseph Campbell	Eric Hoffer	Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Martin Luther King	Galileo	Mary Shelley	John Keats	Carl Jung	Joseph Conrad	Robert Herrick	Critical commentaries on the novel

....among others including Richard Tarnas. So as you look, consider The Da Vinci Code from the perspective of an 'ideal novel' worth discussing...

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Introduction and Chapters 1-20

Chapters 21-40

Chapters 41- 60

Chapters 61-80

Chapters 81-Epilogue

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