Ben-Hur Paperback - 1998
by Lew Wallace; David Mayer (Editor)
A spiritual tale of the quest for love, the recovery of identity and patrimony, "Ben-Hur" never fails to delight in its detail and realism. Map.
From the rear cover
Ben-Hur is better known as a film than as a novel. Cinematic in scope and narrative, it was nevertheless as a book that it first met huge popular success on its publication in 1880. Intended as a moral and inspirational narrative, Judah Ben-Hur's life parallels that of Jesus as he makes a journey of discovery and enlightenment through the Mediterranean world from Jerusalem through Nazareth to the galleys that carry him to shipwreck in the Aegean and, finally, Rome. A spiritual tale of the quest for love and the recovery of identity and patrimony, the novel also displays a vivid realism based on Wallace's biblical research and knowledge of the Holy Land. Like other 'toga novels' of the period, Ben-Hur reflects the dissent, division, and moral contradiction of America's emerging imperial culture, the 'New Woman' question, the settlement of the Far West, and even trade unionism. Rich in social parallels, Ben-Hur is both a great historical epic and a window on late nineteenth-century literature.
Details
- Title Ben-Hur
- Author Lew Wallace; David Mayer (Editor)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition as
- Pages 560
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, Don Mills, ON, Canada
- Date 1998-09
- ISBN 9780192831996 / 0192831992
- Weight 0.81 lbs (0.37 kg)
- Dimensions 7.74 x 5.12 x 1 in (19.66 x 13.00 x 2.54 cm)
- Reading level 990
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Themes
- Religious Orientation: Christian
- Library of Congress subjects Historical fiction, Jesus Christ
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 97043634
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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