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This volume traces how opinions of the King James Bible changed from the eighteenth-century view that it had 'all the disadvantages of an old prose translation' to nineteenth-century praise for 'the noblest monument of English prose'. It also shows how literary criticism has shaped understanding of the Bible and how the Bible has shaped literary criticism.Norton, David is the author of 'History Of The Bible As Literature From 1700 to the Present Day', published 0014 under ISBN 9780521617017 and ISBN 0521617014.
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