{"product_id":"9781350212756","title":"Christian Heresy, James Joyce, and the Modernist Literary Imagination Reinventing the Word","description":"\u003ch3\u003eNew Directions in Religion and Literature\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eChristian Heresy, James Joyce, and the Modernist Literary Imagination\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eReinventing the Word\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGregory Erickson | Emma Mason | Mark Knight\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ European \/ English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the AAR Book Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion 2023\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOrganized by heretical movements and texts from the \u003ci\u003eGnostic Gospels\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Mormon\u003c\/i\u003e, this book uses the work of James Joyce – particularly \u003ci\u003eUlysses \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eFinnegan's Wake \u003c\/i\u003e– as a prism to explore how the history of Christian heresy remains part of how we read, write, and think about books today.\u003cbr\u003eErickson argues that the study of classical, medieval, and modern debates over heresy and orthodoxy provide new ways of understanding modernist literature and literary theory. Using Joyce's works as a springboard to explore different perspectives and intersections of 20th century literature and the modern literary and religious imagination, this book gives us new insights into how our modern and “secular” reading practices unintentionally reflect how we understand our religious histories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eGregory Erickson\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at The Gallatin School of Individualized Study, New York University, USA. He is co-editor of \u003ci\u003eReading Heresy: Religion and Dissent in Literature and Art \u003c\/i\u003e(2018), co-author of \u003ci\u003eReligion and Popular Culture: Rescripting the Sacred \u003c\/i\u003e(2008), and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Absence of God in Modernist Literature \u003c\/i\u003e(2007).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10 March 2022\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350212756\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e240\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18.24\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51369310290060,"sku":"9781350212756","price":117.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_d62a4746-315d-467d-9561-b6abdbb93940.jpg?v=1783878704","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781350212756","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}