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The Bible in English literature
Record details
- OCLC: ocn586905435
- ISBN: 9780524044193
- ISBN: 0524044198
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (287 pages)
remote - Publisher: New York ; Chicago : Fleming H. Revell Company, [�1917]
Content descriptions
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents: | I. Introduction -- 1. Purpose and results -- 2. Providence of history -- 3. Constitution of the English mind -- 4. Shaping of events -- II. The spirit and tone of English literature -- 1. Language, style and expression -- 2. Regulation of tone -- 3. Popular feeling -- 4. Vital experience -- 5. Genius of the people -- III. The coming of the book -- 1. Isle of Thanet -- 2. Augustine -- 3. King Ethelbert -- 4. A rich gift -- IV. Early risers of literature -- 1. King Edwin -- 2. Paulinus -- 3. Columba and Aidan -- 4. Cuthbert -- 5. Monastic schools -- 6. Aldhelm -- 7. The Psalms -- V. Scholar and peasant -- 1. Theodore -- 2. Benedict Biscop -- 3. Hadrian -- 4. Wilfrid -- 5. Northumbian schools -- 6. Caedmon -- VI. An early Biblical poet -- 1. Cynewulf -- 2. An early Tennyson -- 3. His "Christ" -- VII. The father of English literature -- 1. Eighth century -- 2. The venerable Bede -- 3. Gospel of John -- VIII. The teacher of Europe -- 1. Alcuin -- 2. The Christian schools -- 3. Study of the Bible -- IX. King Alfred and the Bible -- 1. Beginnings of national literature -- 2. Translations -- 3. Place of the bile -- X. The Holy Grail -- 1. Times before the conquest -- 2. Dunstan -- Aelfric's Homilies -- 3. Norman influence -- 4. Arthurian Legend -- 5. The Holy Grail -- 6. Later adaptations -- XI. Religious drama -- 1. Dramatic instinct -- 2 . The church and drama -- 3. Miracle of plays -- 4. Biblical themes -- XII. Men of the threshold -- 1. Chaucer -- 2. Langland -- 3. Wycliffe -- XIII. English versions and their influence -- 1. Printing -- 2. New learning -- 3. Reformation -- 4. Wycliffe -- 5. Tyndale -- 6. Changes wrought -- 7. Later versions -- 8. Popular enthusiasm -- 9. King James' Version -- XIV. Shakespeare and the Bible -- 1. Elizabethan Age -- 2. Biblical atmosphere -- 3. Geneva Version -- 4. Abundant references in the plays -- 5. Truths of Christianity -- XV. The Puritans -- 1. Misunderstood -- 2. Nourished on the Bible -- 3. The Psalms -- 4. Heroic literature -- 5. The Puritan heritage -- 6. John Milton -- 7. John Bunyan -- 8. New England Puritans and the Bible -- XVI. The Bible in English prose -- 1. Conversation -- 2. Oratory -- 3. Lincoln -- 4. Editorial writers -- 5. Isaak Walton to John Ruskan -- 6. Carlyle -- 7. Lowell -- 8. English fiction -- 9. Book titles -- 10. Biblical incidents -- 11. Biblical plots -- 12. Problem stories -- 13. "Scarlet Letter" -- XVII. The Bible in English poetry -- 1. Wordsworth -- 2. Arnold -- 3. Spirituality of the poets -- 4. Browning -- 5. Tennyson -- 6. American poets -- 7. Whittier -- 8. Longfellow -- 9. Sidney Lanier -- 10. Chris in literature -- XVIII. Biblical doctrine in literature -- 1. Doctrine of God -- 2. Sin and punishment -- 3. Atonement -- 4. Immortality -- 5. Prayer -- XIX. Biblical idealism in literature -- 1. Vision and imagination -- 2. Awe and mystery -- 3. Longing and passion -- 4. Reverence and spirituality -- 5. Destiny and the future. |
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