Shelley and Scripture The Interpreting Angel |
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| Author:
| Shelley, Bryan |
| Series title: | Oxford English Monographs |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-812284-5 |
| Publication Date: | May 1994 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Imprint: | Clarendon Press |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $47.99 |
Book Description:
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This is an innovative study of the use by the poet Shelley, conventionally regarded as an atheist, of ideas and imagery from the Scriptures in expressing his world view. Drawing on a deep knowledge of the Bible, Biblical exegesis, and Christian typology, it argues that Shelley's interpretation of the Scriptures is in harmony both with the Gnostic heresies of the early church period and the rationalism of the Enlightenment.
This is an innovative study of the use by the poet Shelley, conventionally regarded as an atheist, of ideas and imagery from the Scriptures in expressing his world view. Drawing on a deep knowledge of the Bible, Biblical exegesis, and Christian typology, it argues that Shelley's interpretation of the Scriptures is in harmony both with the Gnostic heresies of the early church period and the rationalism of the Enlightenment.