The Bible and Literature: the Basics |
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Author:
| W. Jones, Norman |
Series title: | The Basics Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-415-73886-6 |
Publication Date: | Nov 2015 |
Publisher: | Routledge
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $28.95 |
Book Description:
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The Bible and Literature: The Basics provides an interpretive framework for understanding the significance of biblical allusions in literature--even for readers who have little prior knowledge of the Bible. In doing so, it surveys the Bible's influence on a broad range of English, American, and other Anglophone literatures from a variety of historical periods. It also:
- offers a "greatest hits" tour of the Bible
- focuses as much on 20th- and 21st-century...
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The Bible and Literature: The Basics provides an interpretive framework for understanding the significance of biblical allusions in literature--even for readers who have little prior knowledge of the Bible. In doing so, it surveys the Bible's influence on a broad range of English, American, and other Anglophone literatures from a variety of historical periods. It also:
- offers a "greatest hits" tour of the Bible
- focuses as much on 20th- and 21st-century literatures as on earlier periods
- addresses the Bible's relevance to contemporary issues in literary criticism such as poststructuralist, postcolonial, feminist, queer, and narrative theories
- includes discussion questions for each chapter and annotated suggestions for further reading
This book explains why readers need a basic knowledge of the Bible in order to understand and appreciate key aspects of Anglophone literary traditions.