{"product_id":"the-prodigal-son-in-english-and-american-literature-five-hundred-years-of-literary-homecomings-9780198817291","title":"The Prodigal Son in English and American Literature: Five Hundred Years of Literary Homecomings","description":"The Parable of the Prodigal Son is one of the best-known stories in the Bible. It has captured the imagination of commentators, preachers and writers. Alison M. Jack explores the reconfiguring of the character of the Prodigal Son and his family in literature in English. She considers diverse\u003cbr\u003eliterary periods and genres in which the paradigm is particularly prevalent, such as Elizabethan literature, the work of Shakespeare, the novels of female Victorian writers, the American short story tradition, novels focused on the lives of ordained ministers, and the poetry of Elizabeth Bishop and\u003cbr\u003eIain Crichton Smith. Drawing on scholarship from biblical and literary studies, this study demonstrates the remarkable potency of the parable in generating new, and at times contradictory, meanings in different contexts. Historical and literary criticism are brought into dialogue to explore this\u003cbr\u003eremarkably resilient and nimble character as he dances through drama, novels and poetry across the centuries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alison M. Jack\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/14\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.60w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198817291\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlison M. Jack\u003c\/strong\u003e is Senior lecturer in Bible and Literature at the School of Divinity at the University of Edinburgh. Her publications include \u003cem\u003eTexts Reading Texts, Sacred and Secular: Two Postmodern Perspectives\u003c\/em\u003e (1999), \u003cem\u003eScottish Fiction as Gospel Exegesis: Four Case Studies\u003c\/em\u003e (2010), and \u003cem\u003eThe Bible and\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eLiterature\u003c\/em\u003e (2012).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40042124542067,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_7a997243-92e5-47d5-97c8-a2a5c27e51ee.jpg?v=1651014357","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-prodigal-son-in-english-and-american-literature-five-hundred-years-of-literary-homecomings-9780198817291","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}