Origins of Narrative The Romantic Appropriation of the Bible |
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Author:
| Prickett, Stephen |
ISBN: | 978-0-511-58262-2 |
Publication Date: | Nov 2009 |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
List Price: | USD $165.00 |
Book Description:
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Professor Prickett describes how, during the late eighteenth century, with the decline of formal religion, the prestige of the Bible as a literary and aesthetic model rose to new heights, as it became a novel-like narrative work, an on-going site of re-interpretation, and an all-embracing literary form giving meaning to all other writing.
Professor Prickett describes how, during the late eighteenth century, with the decline of formal religion, the prestige of the Bible as a literary and aesthetic model rose to new heights, as it became a novel-like narrative work, an on-going site of re-interpretation, and an all-embracing literary form giving meaning to all other writing.