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The King James Bible after 400 years : literary, linguistic, and cultural influences / King James Bible after four hundred years edited by Hannibal Hamlin, Norman W. Jones. - 1 online resource (xi, 364 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction: the King James Bible and its reception history / The language of the King James Bible: Language within language : the King James steamroller / The glories and the glitches of the King James Bible : Ecclesiastes as test-case / The history of the King James Bible: The materiality of English printed Bibles from the Tyndale New Testament to the King James Bible / Antwerp Bible translations in the King James Bible / Philip Doddridge's New Testament : The family expositor (1739-56) / Postcolonial notes on the King James Bible / From monarchy to democracy : the dethroning of the King James Bible in the United States / Literature and the King James Bible: Milton, anxiety, and the King James Bible / Bunyan's Biblical progresses / Romantic transformations of the King James Bible : Wordsworth, Shelley, Blake / Ruskin and his contemporaries reading the King James Bible / To the lighthouse and Biblical language / The King James Bible as ghost in Absalom, Absalom! and Beloved / The King James Bible and African American literature / Jean Rhys, Elizabeth Smart, and the 'gifts' of the King James Bible / Chronology of major English Bible translations to 1957 -- Chronology of English Bible translations since 1957 -- Select bibliography on the King James Bible. Hannibal Hamlin and Norman W. Jones -- Stephen Prickett -- Robert Alter -- John N. King and Aaron T. Pratt -- Gergely Juhász -- Isabel Rivers -- R.S. Sugirtharajah -- Paul C. Gutjahr -- Jason P. Rosenblatt -- Hannibal Hamlin -- Adam Potkay-- Michael Wheeler -- James Wood -- Norman W. Jones -- Katherine Clay Bassard -- Heather Walton -- Part I, Part II, Part III,

"2011 marks the 400th anniversary of the King James version of the Bible. No other book has been as vital to the development of English writing or indeed to the English language itself. This major collection of essays is the most complete one-volume exploration of the King James Bible and its influence to date. The chapters are written by leading scholars from a range of disciplines, who examine the creation of the King James Bible as a work of translation and as a linguistic and literary accomplishment. They consider how it differed from the Bible versions which preceded it, and assess its broad cultural impact and precise literary influence over the centuries of writing which followed, in English and American literature, until today. The story will fascinate readers who approach the King James Bible from the perspectives of literary, linguistic, religious or cultural history"--


English.

ISBN: 9781316103777 1316103773 9780511779800 0511779801 9781316099957 1316099954 1316097501 9781316097502 1316099016 9781316099018 1316101495 9781316101490 1316098427 9781316098424 1316100855 9781316100851 1316102262 9781316102268

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Bible. English. Authorized --History.
Bible. English. Authorized --Influence.
Bible. English --History.
Bible. English --Influence.
Bible. Anglais --Influence.
Bible

Subjects--Topical Terms:
BIBLES--General.
RELIGION--Biblical Reference--General.
RELIGION--Biblical Reference--Handbooks.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History

LC Class. No.: BS186 / .K56 2010eb

Dewey Class. No.: 220.5/2038