The Historical Jesus and the Literary Imagination 1860–1920
Author
Stevens, Jennifer
Year
2010
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Type
BOOK
Category
Literary Criticism
Language
English
Pages
320
ISBN
978-1-78962-420-5
Link
Last Update
09-Sep-2024
Keywords
LITERARY CRITICISM / General
Description
An Open Access edition of this book is available on the Liverpool University Press website and the OAPEN library. Fictional reconstructions of the Gospels continue to find a place in contemporary literature and in the popular imagination. Present day writers of New Testament fiction and drama are usually considered as part of a tradition formed by mid-to-late-twentieth-century authors such as Robert Graves, Nikos Kazantzakis and Anthony Burgess. This book looks back further to the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, when the templates of the majority of today’s Gospel fictions and dramas were set down. In doing so, it examines the extent to which significant works of biblical scholarship both influenced and inspired literary works. Focusing on writers such as Oscar Wilde, George Moore and Marie Corelli, this timely new addition to the English Association Monographs series will be essential reading for scholars working at the intersection of literature and theology.
