Recent scholarship in nineteenth-century literary studies consistently recognizes the profound importance of religion, even as it marginalizes the topic. There are few, if any, challenging yet manageable introductions to religion and literature in the long-nineteenth century, a factor that serves to fuel scholars' neglect of theological issues. This book aims to show how religion, specifically Christianity, is integral to the literature and culture of this period. It provides close readings of popular texts and integrates these with accessible explanations of complex religious ideas. Written...
Recent scholarship in nineteenth-century literary studies consistently recognizes the profound importance of religion, even as it marginalizes the top...
In the engaging Chesterton and Evil, Mark Knight offers a compelling analysis of the increasingly marginalized, but undoubtedly influential Gilbert Keith Chesterton and his late 19th and early 20th century fiction. In his Autobiography Chesterton observed: Perhaps, when I eventually emerged as a sort of theorist, and was described as an Optimist, it was because I was one of the few people in that world of diabolism who really believed in devils.Arguing that a serious analysis of the nature of evil is at the center of his fiction, Chesterton and Evil offers an exciting, new interdisciplinary...
In the engaging Chesterton and Evil, Mark Knight offers a compelling analysis of the increasingly marginalized, but undoubtedly influential Gilbert Ke...
This book traces the emergence and development of Literature and the Bible as a field of scholarship, presenting key critical essays alongside more recent criticism that explores new directions. The Western literary tradition has a long and complex relationship with the Jewish and Christian scriptures. Authors draw on the Bible in numerous ways and for different reasons, and there is also the myriad of subconscious ways through which the biblical text enters literary culture. Biblical stories, characters, motifs and references permeate the whole of the literary tradition.
In the last...
This book traces the emergence and development of Literature and the Bible as a field of scholarship, presenting key critical essays alongside more...
The study of religion and literature continues to go from strength to strength - this collection of essays offers a dynamic, lively and provocative contribution to the field and aims to map out new directions it might take. By returning to foundational questions regarding the relation between words and worlds and the parameters of the sacred, the essays explore different ways of using interdisciplinary resources to open up our understanding of religion and literature. Contributions from some of the leading voices in the field unite to offer an important exploration of the possible...
The study of religion and literature continues to go from strength to strength - this collection of essays offers a dynamic, lively and provocative...
A few short months have passed since Agent Barton and Arthur Mason (Ahmad), fled Turkey and the failed attempt at preventing an Al Qaeda plot to assassinate a prominent religious leader. Arthur has taken up residence in Oxnard, California, courtesy of the U.S. government in hopes of leaving his past behind and assimilating into American culture. Arthur's new job with a local delivery company seems innocent enough, until he meets an unsavory character that blinds his common sense with the promise of quick cash. Arthur's motivation to marry his fiancee, buy a home and live the American dream...
A few short months have passed since Agent Barton and Arthur Mason (Ahmad), fled Turkey and the failed attempt at preventing an Al Qaeda plot to assas...
The shopping centers, retailers and malls across America are gearing up for the busiest shopping day of the year, the day after Thanksgiving, Black Friday. The aptly named day of sales indicates a retailer's opportunity to turn their income statements from red to black in one day. But this year, Black Friday will adopt a new meaning for the United States, forever. Agent Bill Barton frantically attempts to put the pieces of information together to identify and avert a coordinated attack on U.S. soil that could kill hundreds of innocent people and simultaneously cripple the economy. As the...
The shopping centers, retailers and malls across America are gearing up for the busiest shopping day of the year, the day after Thanksgiving, Black Fr...
US Army Special Forces operator, Corporal Bill Barton forms an unlikely bond with the team's Afghani guide, Ahmad Khali. Their intense, but short weeks together, lead to open conversations on contrasting culture, society and religion, until tragedy befalls both young men, drastically altering their paths in life, until they intersect once again in Ankara, Turkey during an assassination attempt on a high profile religious leader. Both young men are forced to question their loyalties, their trust and their beliefs. Will Bill Barton's sacrifice be enough to persuade Al Qaeda's newest recruit to...
US Army Special Forces operator, Corporal Bill Barton forms an unlikely bond with the team's Afghani guide, Ahmad Khali. Their intense, but short week...
The Gospel According to David Foster Wallace is the first book to explore key religious themes - from boredom to addiction, and distraction - in the work of one of America's most celebrated contemporary novelists.
In a series of short, topic-focused chapters, the book joins a selection of key scenes from Wallace's novels Infinite Jest and The Pale King with clear explanations of how they contribute to his overall account of what it means to be a human being in the 21st century. Adam Miller explores how Wallace's work masterfully investigates the nature of...
The Gospel According to David Foster Wallace is the first book to explore key religious themes - from boredom to addiction, and distraction ...
The Gospel According to David Foster Wallace is the first book to explore key religious themes - from boredom to addiction, and distraction - in the work of one of America's most celebrated contemporary novelists.
In a series of short, topic-focused chapters, the book joins a selection of key scenes from Wallace's novels Infinite Jest and The Pale King with clear explanations of how they contribute to his overall account of what it means to be a human being in the 21st century. Adam Miller explores how Wallace's work masterfully investigates the nature of...
The Gospel According to David Foster Wallace is the first book to explore key religious themes - from boredom to addiction, and distraction ...
