Mary Raschko

The politics of Middle English parables (eBook, ePUB)

Fiction, theology, and social practice

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This study explores how writers reconciled provocative biblical stories with late-medieval culture. Highlighting the many variations and points of conflict across renditions of the same story, the book unfolds a creative theological discourse through which writers attempted to re-construct Christian belief and practice.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781526131195
• Artikelnr.: 55005883

Autorenporträt

Mary Raschko is Assistant Professor of English at Whitman College

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1 Teaching unreasonable tales: the parable of the Labourers in
the Vineyard 2 Stories for revising the self: the parable of the Prodigal
Son 3 Examinations of social conscience: the parable of Dives and Lazarus 4
Ethical allegories: the parable of the Good Samaritan 5 Paradox formed into
story: the parables of the Wedding Feast and Great Supper Epilogue: Writing
parabolic fiction: Langland's pardon episode Index