3 Soothing Listeners’ Ears: Narrative Aesthetics and Poetic Faith

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Figures vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Introduction 1
6. 1 Making the French Bible, or Making the Bible French 17
7. 2 Telling It Right: Confronting Reader Resistance 45
8. 3 Soothing Listeners’ Ears: Narrative Aesthetics and Poetic Faith 72
9. 4 Les paroles dont je vous ay fait mention: The Bible historiale’s Two Books of Job 102
10. 5 The Patient Reader 126
11. Conclusion: Asking the Right Questions 152
12. Appendix: Table of Selected Manuscripts 163
13. Notes 167
14. Bibliography 217
15. Index 235