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The Blackwell Companion to the Bible in English Literature (Blackwell Companions to Religion)

By Christopher Rowland , Emma Mason , Rebecca Lemon , Jonathan Roberts

Book information

Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Year
2009
ISBN
1405131608, 9781405131605
LCC
PR149.B5 B5 2009
Google Books ID
ehVrRH0_ANEC
Open Library ID
OL22679474M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3300465 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
716\716
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This Companion explores the Bible's role and influence on individual writers, whilst tracing the key developments of Biblical themes and literary theory through the ages. An ambitious overview of the Bible's role and influence on English literature - as arguably the most powerful work of literature in history - from the medieval period up through the 20th century Includes introductory sections to each period giving background information about the Bible as a source text in English literature, and placing writers in their historical context Draws on examples from medieval, early-modern, eighteenth-century and Romantic, Victorian, and Modernist literature Includes many 'secular' or 'anti-clerical' writers alongside their 'Christian' contemporaries, revealing how the Bible's text shifts and changes in the writing of each author who reads and studies it

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