Origins of Narrative: The Romantic Appropriation of the Bible

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Author: Stephen Prickett

ISBN-10: 0521445434

ISBN-13: 9780521445436

Category: General & Miscellaneous Literary Criticism

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An examination of the rise in prestige of the Bible as a literary and aesthetic model during the late eighteenth century.

PrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroduction1Pt. IJacob's Blessing91The stolen birthright112The presence of the past52Pt. IIThe Romantic Bible1053The Bible as novel1074The Bible and history: appropriating the Revolution1525The Bible as metatype: Jacob's ladder1806Hermeneutic and narrative: the story of self-consciousness222Epilogue264Bibliography269Index281