The Prodigal Son in English and American Literature
Five Hundred Years of Literary Homecomings
Series: Biblical Refigurations;
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 13 December 2018
- ISBN 9780198817291
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages192 pages
- Size 209x148x16 mm
- Weight 332 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
This groundbreaking study focuses on the reconfiguring of the character of the Prodigal Son and his family as they appear in drama, novels, and poetry in English from the fifteenth to the twenty-first centuries.
MoreLong description:
The Parable of the Prodigal Son is one of the best-known stories in the Bible. It has captured the imagination of commentators, preachers and writers. Alison M. Jack explores the reconfiguring of the character of the Prodigal Son and his family in literature in English. She considers diverse literary periods and genres in which the paradigm is particularly prevalent, such as Elizabethan literature, the work of Shakespeare, the novels of female Victorian writers, the American short story tradition, novels focused on the lives of ordained ministers, and the poetry of Elizabeth Bishop and Iain Crichton Smith. Drawing on scholarship from biblical and literary studies, this study demonstrates the remarkable potency of the parable in generating new, and at times contradictory, meanings in different contexts. Historical and literary criticism are brought into dialogue to explore this remarkably resilient and nimble character as he dances through drama, novels and poetry across the centuries.
This book is a valuable contribution to the growing library of works on the literary reception of the Bible.
Table of Contents:
Reading the Prodigal Son
The Prodigal Son in Elizabethan Literature
The Prodigal Son and Shakespeare
Female Victorian Novelists and the Prodigal Son
The American Short Story and the Prodigal Son
Prodigal Ministers in Fiction
The Prodigal Son in Poetry: Elizabeth Bishop and Iain Crichton Smith
Conclusion
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