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Long Travail and Great Paynes
Vivienne Westbrook
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Description for Long Travail and Great Paynes
Paperback. Series: Studies in Early Modern Religious Tradition, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; HRAX; HRCC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 367.
Some of England's most fascinating Renaissance texts have been forgotten by historians, literary critics and theologians alike. The earliest printed Bibles in the English language provide an astonishingly rich resource for interdisciplinary studies in the 21st century. Long Travail and Great Paynes is a close textual analysis of seven texts that for a wide range of reasons, but no good ones, have been reduced to paratextual entries in general histories of the English Bible. Through extensive collations of her own, Westbrook uncovers the work of seven Renaissance Bible translator-revisers and argues ... Read more
Some of England's most fascinating Renaissance texts have been forgotten by historians, literary critics and theologians alike. The earliest printed Bibles in the English language provide an astonishingly rich resource for interdisciplinary studies in the 21st century. Long Travail and Great Paynes is a close textual analysis of seven texts that for a wide range of reasons, but no good ones, have been reduced to paratextual entries in general histories of the English Bible. Through extensive collations of her own, Westbrook uncovers the work of seven Renaissance Bible translator-revisers and argues ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Early Modern Religious Tradition, Culture and Society
Number of Pages
190
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789048156993
SKU
V9789048156993
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Reviews for Long Travail and Great Paynes
"The book's strength lies in the close textual analysis of the various translations. Westbrook presents a compelling re-examination of Joye's revisions to Tyndale (and the arguments that ensued) and offers a thorough analysis of the nearly forgotten 1537 "Matthew's Bible". All of the texts examined here are presented, not as inferior precursors to the King James Bible, but as valuable ... Read more