{"product_id":"the-historical-jesus-and-the-literary-imagination-1860-1920-9781846314704","title":"The Historical Jesus and the Literary Imagination","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn Open Access edition of this book is available on the Liverpool University Press website and the OAPEN library.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is refreshing to see attention being paid to the highly neglected and most interesting novelist George Moore. Stevens writes clearly and is most informative in this highly recommended study. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Baker, \u003ci\u003eThe Year's Work in English Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e * The Year's Work in English Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContents\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAuthor’s Note\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1 The Victorians and the Bible\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2 Nineteenth-Century Lives of Jesus\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3 The Rise of the Fictional Jesus\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4 The Fifth Gospel of Oscar Wilde\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5 The Afterlife of Oscar Wilde’s Oral Tales\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6 A Peculiar Protestant: The Gospels According to George Moore\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7 George Moore’s Life of Jesus\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Liverpool University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042990457175,"sku":"9781846314704","price":43.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781846314704.jpg?v=1750956549","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-historical-jesus-and-the-literary-imagination-1860-1920-9781846314704","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}