Free Download Mark Knight, "The Routledge Companion to Literature and Religion "
English | ISBN: 036736560X | 2019 | 464 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
This unique and comprehensive volume looks at the study of literature and religion from a contemporary, critical perspective. Including discussion of global literature and world religions, this Companion looks at:
key moments in the story of religion and literary studies from Matthew Arnold through to the impact of 9/11;
a variety of theoretical approaches to the study of religion and literature;
different ways that religion and literature are connected, from overtly religious writing to subtle religious readings;
analysis of key sacred texts and the way they have been studied, re-written, and questioned by literature;
political implications of work on religion and literature.
Thoroughly introduced and contextualized, this volume is an engaging introduction to this huge and complex field.
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