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In Reconstructing Literature In An Ideological Age, Daniel Ritchie offers a "biblical poetics" as an alternative approach to the ideological criticism in literary studies. He explores how the Bible's own negotiations with language affect our view of literature, specifically with respect to older texts, gender issues, ethnic diversity, and the apparent arbitrariness of language itself. Focusing on Restoration and 18th century literature, Ritchie examines how a biblical poetics provides a basis for literary study in the texts of Joanathan Swift, Samuel Johnson, John Milton, Edmund Burke, and Alexander Pope. He also contrasts this approach with recent ideological approaches to these same texts. Ritchie's biblical treatment of particular literary issues provides the basis for original historical research or literary interpretation, often sharply at odds with current critical theories. Reconstructing Literature In An Ideological Age is fascinating reading of great value.
Reconstructing Literature in an Ideological Age: A Biblical Poetics and Literary Studies from Milton to Burke,Daniel E. Ritchie,Eerdmans Pub Co,0802841406,18th century,Christianity - History,Early modern, 1500-1700,English Renaissance Literature (1500-1700),English literature,English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh,History and criticism,Literary Criticism,Literature: Classics,Religion - Contemporary Issues,Religion and literature,Religious Literature,Theory, etc
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