The Bible and literature : the basics / Norman W. Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Norman W., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible and literature.

Bible as literature.

English literature.

European literature.

Physical Description:

172 pages ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, [2016]

Summary:

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 twentieth- and twenty-first-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. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Wrestling with God: the Bible as an untellable tale 29

2 Friends, family, and lovers: a familiar God 60

3 Crime and punishment 86

4 Unexpected heroes and miraculous recreations 113

5 The words and their afterlives 137.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-167) and index.

ISBN:

9780415738842

0415738849

9780415738866

0415738865

OCLC:

916684505