Literature and Religion have had a long history of shared interest as well as of controversy and strife. The seminar explores the mutual influences and dependecies between these important cultural fields and practices with regard to the specifics of British literary history. The seminar plan includes both discussions of conceptual issues and readings of seminal works of literature.
The Oxford Handbood of English Literature and Theology, ed. Anrew Hass, David Jasper, Elizabeth Jay (2007)
David Jasper, The Study of Literature and Religion. An Introduction (repr. 2009)
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