Pen of Iron : American Prose and the King James Bible /

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In this book, biblical translator and literary critic Robert Alter traces some of the fascinating ways that American novelists--from Melville, Hemingway, and Faulkner to Bellow, Marilynne Robinson, and Cormac McCarthy--have drawn on the rich stylistic resources of the canonical English Bible to fash...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Alter, Robert
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Bible.
Bible. > Anglais > Versions > Authorized > Influence.
Bible > In literature.
Bible. > English > Versions > Authorized > Influence.
Literature.
Bible and literature.
American literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Semiotics & Theory.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Bible et litterature.
American literature > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • America as a Scriptural culture
  • Style in America and the King James version
  • Moby-Dick : polyphony
  • Absalom! Absalom! : lexicon
  • Seize the day : American amalgam
  • The world through parataxis.

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