Biblical Religion and the Novel, 1700–2000 - Hardcover

Woodman, Thomas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0754651177 ISBN 13: 9780754651178

Publisher: Routledge, 2006

Synopsis

The novel has been called 'the one secular genre'. Biblical Religion and the Novel, 1700-2000, engages with the way the history of the modern novel reflects an ongoing dialogue with religion despite, and even through, the process of secularization. It focusses especially on the role of biblical narratives as subtexts of modern and contemporary literature. The contributors consider a range of texts from the eighteenth through twentieth centuries by Fielding, Brontë, Lawrence, Winterson, and Coupland, among others, to examine in different yet complementary ways the multiplicity of approaches that novelists have adopted to address religious concerns.

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Review:

'... this volume is a valuable addition to recent work in the field... packed with suggestive approaches towards reading the novel through or in relation to religious discourse.' The Glass (Christian Literary Studies Group) 'This is a valuable collection.' Heythrop Journal

Synopsis:

From a November 2002 conference in Reading, England, 12 essays by scholars of English look at the interplay between religion and the literary genre that many have considered a distinct rejection of religion. Their topics include the aestheticizing of scripture, Tom Jones and Christian comedy, unauthorized versions of the King David story in three p

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0754651177
• ISBN 13: 9780754651178
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 170
• Editor: Knight Mark