| Description |
198 pages ; 23 cm |
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English language |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
America as a Scriptural culture -- Style in America and the King James version -- Moby-Dick : polyphonu -- Absalom! Absalom! : lexicon -- Seize the day : American amalgam -- The world through parataxis. |
| Summary |
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 fashion their own strongly resonant styles and distinctive visions of reality. --from publisher description |
| Subject |
American literature -- History and criticism.
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American literature. |
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Bible. English -- Versions -- Authorized -- Influence.
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Bible. |
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Bible and literature.
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Bible and literature. |
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Bible -- In literature.
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| ISBN |
9780691128818 hardcover alkaline paper |
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0691128812 hardcover alkaline paper |
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