Scandalizing Jesus? Kazantzakis's The last temptation of Christ fifty years on

Middleton, Darren J. N., 1966- (Added Author).

Summary: 2005 marks the fiftieth anniversary of Nikos Kazantzakis' The Last Temptation of Christ. Since Kazantzakis ranks as one of the twentieth century's most important European writers, and given that this particular work of his has garnered so much publicity, this collection of essays re-assesses the novel, though not forgetting the movie, in light of one half century's worth of criticism and reception history. Clergy and laity alike have denounced this novel. When it first appeared, the Greek Orthodox Church condemned it, the Vatican placed it on its Index of Forbidden Texts, and conservative-evan.

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ISBN: 9781847144218 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1847144217 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0826416063 (hdbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0826416071 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780826416063 (hdbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780826416070 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (xxi, 265 p.)
Publisher: New York : Continuum, c2005.

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General Note:	Multi-User. CatBulkString:sept.20.12
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-243) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Foreword; Acknowledgments; Note on Titles; Introduction: Literary Lord, Screen Savior; PART I: LITERARY LORD; PART II: SCREEN SAVIOR; Webliography; For Further Reading; Contributors; Index.
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Reproduction Note:	Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
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