[Rebecca Lemon] The Blackwell Companion to the Bible in English Literature (Blackwell Companions to Religion)(pdf){Zzzzz}[BЯ]

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 impact on English literature as arguably the most powerful work of literature in history from the medieval period through to the twentieth–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

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 1 edition (10 April 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0470674997
ISBN-13: 978-0470674994

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Review
"This is indeed a true companion, one that succeeds in its aim of being both scholarly and accessible to all lovers of English literature. In short, all students of English literature ought to put aside a month to read and study this book before going up to university." ( Church Times)

"Probably what comes across most clearly is how, and that, many of the writers chose deliberately to draw on the Bible, and for students increasingly unfamiliar with the Bible, this approach challenges as well as informs." (Reference Reviews)

"An extremely useful volume." (The Year′s Work in English Studies)
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This magnificent collection completely re–imagines the vast and well–trodden field of the Bible and Literature. From Chaucer to T. S. Eliot, The Blackwell Companion to the Bible in English Literature offers a compelling narrative of how the English literary tradition has itself used, re–written and re–visioned sacred texts. In my view, the result is indispensable reading a Bible no less for students and scholars alike.
Arthur Bradley, Lancaster University

This is an extremely valuable resource for students, scholars, and anyone else interested in the relationship between the Bible and English Literature. Through a series of stimulating essays, the editors and contributors highlight the unparalleled importance of the Bible within the literary tradition. They explore the multitude of ways in which this sacred text has both shaped and been shaped by the imagination of writers. Our thinking will be much richer as a result of what this book has to say.
Mark Knight, Roehampton University