The Historical Jesus and the Literary Imagination 1860-1920

by Jennifer Stevens

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Fictional reconstructions of the Gospels continue to find a place in contemporary literature and in the popular imagination. Present day writers of New Testament fiction and drama are usually considered as part of a tradition formed by mid-to-late-twentieth-century authors such as Robert Graves, Nikos Kazantzakis and Anthony Burgess...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846314704
• ISBN13: 9781846314704
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 312 Pages