Reduced laughter
seriocomic features and their functions in the Book of Kings
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Word Count
60,500 words, Guess
Page Count
242 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-109004322345
- ISBN-139789004322349
- ISBN-139789004322363
- ISBN-109004322361
- Library of Congress Control Number2016018307
and 5 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2016020775
- OCLC Control Number945029753
- OCLC Control Number948671116
- Better World Books9789004322349
- Open LibraryOL28412668M
Classifications
- DDC222/.506
- LCCBS1335.6.W58 P39 2016
- LCCBS1335.6.W58P39 2016
Description
In this book Helen Paynter offers a radical re-evalution of the central section of Kings. Reading with attention to the literary devices of carnivalization and mirroring, she demonstrates that it contains a florid satire on kings, prophets and nations. Building on the work of humorists, literary critics and biblical scholars, the author constructs diagnostic criteria for carnivalization (seriocomedy), and identifies an abundance of these features within the Elijah/Elisha and Aram narratives, showing how literary mirroring further enhances their satirical effect. This book will be of particular interest to students and scholars concerned with the Hebrew Bible as literature but will be valued by those who favour more historical approaches for its insights into the Hebrew text. (Publisher).
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