{"product_id":"chaucer-and-the-invention-of-biblical-narrative-9781350417410","title":"Chaucer and the Invention of Biblical Narrative","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDemonstrating how Chaucer uses the Bible in \u003ci\u003eThe Canterbury Tales\u003c\/i\u003e as an authoritative literary source and model for his own literary production, this book explores the ways in which the Bible was a key tool for Chaucer''s self-definition and innovation as an author.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChad Schrock unravels Chaucer's \u003ci\u003eTales\u003c\/i\u003e in the light of topics important to biblical reception in 14th-century England: authority, textuality, interpretation, translation, rephrasing and marginalia. When the \u003ci\u003eCanterbury Tales\u003c\/i\u003e are summed up in this way, they show the great extent to which Chaucer was drawing upon the Bible as a meta-poetical resource for his own poetry  its fictional tale-tellers and characters, its quotations, allusions and images, its plots, its imaginative engagement with an audience of listeners and readers, and its hidden intentions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSchrock demonstrates that the Bible is a uniquely potent literary source for Chaucer because it combines infinite authority and ple\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53187311305047,"sku":"9781350417410","price":80.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/chaucer-and-the-invention-of-biblical-narrative-9781350417410","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}