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. Ed(S): Lemon, Rebecca; Mason, Emma; Roberts, Jonathan; Rowland, Christopher - Blackwell Companion To The Bible In Engl - 9781405131605 - V9781405131605
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Blackwell Companion To The Bible In Engl

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Description for Blackwell Companion To The Bible In Engl Hardback. "This magnificent collection completely re-imagines the vast and well-trodden field of the Bible and Literature. From Chaucer to T.S. Eliot, The Blackwell Companion to the Bible in English Literature offers a compelling narrative of how the English literary tradition has itself used, re-written and re-visioned sacred texts. Editor(s): Lemon, Rebecca; Mason, Emma; Roberts, Jonathan; Rowland, Christopher. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: HRCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 249 x 178 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1416.
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 impact on English literature – as arguably the most powerful work of literature in history – from the medieval period through to the twentieth-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 ... Read more
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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
720
Condition
New
Number of Pages
720
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United States
ISBN
9781405131605
SKU
V9781405131605
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About . Ed(S): Lemon, Rebecca; Mason, Emma; Roberts, Jonathan; Rowland, Christopher
Rebecca Lemon is an associate professor of English literature at the University of Southern California. She is the author of Treason by Words: Literature, Law, and Rebellion in Shakespeare's England (2006), as well as articles on Mary Wroth and Petrarchism, Shakespeare and Agamben, and Hayward and censorship. Emma Mason is a senior lecturer in English at the University ... Read more

Reviews for Blackwell Companion To The Bible In Engl
"An extremely useful volume." (The Year's Work in English Studies, 29 August 2011) "Probably what comes across most clearly is how, and that, many of the writers chose deliberately to draw on the Bible, and for students increasingly unfamiliar with the Bible, this approach challenges as well as informs." (Reference Reviews, December 2009) ... Read more

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