Revising Life Through Literature Dialogical Change from the Reformation Through Postmodernism |
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| Author:
| Brotton, Joyce D. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8108-5719-3 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2006 |
| Publisher: | Scarecrow Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $85.95 |
Book Description:
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After the Reformation, science superseded both religion and literature as the favored source of knowledge. As people became free of a catechism of rote responses, they found the concept of self-determination both liberating and terrifying. Literature stepped in by providing examples of fictional characters that made choices in circumstances similar to the quandaries faced by readers_situations that could not be easily resolved by scripture alone.
After the Reformation, science superseded both religion and literature as the favored source of knowledge. As people became free of a catechism of rote responses, they found the concept of self-determination both liberating and terrifying. Literature stepped in by providing examples of fictional characters that made choices in circumstances similar to the quandaries faced by readers_situations that could not be easily resolved by scripture alone.