Raschko The politics of Middle English parables

Fiction, theology, and social practice
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-5261-3118-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten

Reihe: Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Raschko, Mary

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie Ethik, Moraltheologie, Sozialethik
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Europäische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Mary Raschko is Assistant Professor of English at Whitman College