Lemon, Rebecca, 1968- and Mason, Emma and Roberts, Jonathan, 1970- and Rowland, Christopher, 1947-, eds. (2009) The Blackwell companion to the Bible in English literature. Blackwell companions to religion . Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 9781405131605

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Abstract

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 role and influence on English literature - as arguably the most powerful work of literature in history - from the medieval period up through the 20th 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 'Christian' contemporaries, revealing how the Bible's text shifts and changes in the writing of each author who reads and studies it

Item Type:	Book
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BS The Bible P Language and Literature > PR English literature
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts > English and Comparative Literary Studies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Bible and literature, Bible -- Influence, Bible -- In literature, English literature -- History and criticism
Series Name:	Blackwell companions to religion
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell
Place of Publication:	Chichester
ISBN:	9781405131605
Editor:	Lemon, Rebecca, 1968- and Mason, Emma and Roberts, Jonathan, 1970- and Rowland, Christopher, 1947-
Date:	2009
Number of Pages:	703
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/37354

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