Victorian Poets and the Changing Bible

by Charles LaPorte

Book Overview

Victorian Poets and the Changing Bible charts the impact of post-Enlightenment biblical criticism on English literary culture. The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries saw a widespread reevaluation of biblical inspiration, in which the Bible's poetic nature came to be seen as an integral part of its religious significance. Understandably, then, many poets who followed this interpretative revolution--including Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Robert...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813931584
• ISBN13: 9780813931586
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.1"