Scandalizing Jesus? : Kazantzakis's The last temptation of Christ fifty years on / edited by Darren J.N. Middleton ; featuring essays by Martin Scorsese, Peter Bien & Peter T. Chattaway.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Middleton, Darren J. N., 1966- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jesus Christ--In literature.

Jesus Christ.

Kazantzakis, Nikos, 1883-1957. Teleutaios peirasmos.

Kazantzakis, Nikos.

Kazantzakis, Nikos, 1883-1957--Characters--Jesus Christ.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Edition:

First edition

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020.

System Details:

text file

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PDF

Summary:

2005 marks the fiftieth anniversary of Nikos Kazantzakis' The Last Temptation of Christ. Since Kazantzakis ranks as one of the twentieth century's most important European writers, and given that this particular work of his has garnered so much publicity, this collection of essays re-assesses the novel, though not forgetting the movie, in light of one half century's worth of criticism and reception history. Clergy and laity alike have denounced this novel. When it first appeared, the Greek Orthodox Church condemned it, the Vatican placed it on its Index of Forbidden Texts, and conservative-evan

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Note on Titles; Introduction: Literary Lord, Screen Savior; PART I: LITERARY LORD; PART II: SCREEN SAVIOR; Webliography; For Further Reading; Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-244).

ISBN:

9786611298029

9780567691576

0567691578

9781281298027

1281298026

9781847144218

1847144217

OCLC:

427510769