ISBN:
9780691128818
,
0691128812
Language:
English
Pages:
198 S.
,
22 cm
Year of publication:
2010
DDC:
810.9/3822
Keywords:
Bible Versions
;
Authorized
;
History
;
Bible In literature
;
Bible and literature
;
American literature History and criticism
;
Englisch
;
Übersetzung
;
Bibel
;
Rezeption
;
USA
;
Prosa
;
Geschichte
;
Bible
;
English
;
Versions
;
Authorized
;
Influence
;
Bible
;
In literature
;
American literature
;
History and criticism
;
Bible and literature
;
Bibel
;
Rezeption
;
USA
;
Roman
;
Geschichte
;
Literatur
Abstract:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
America as a Scriptural cultureStyle in America and the King James version -- Moby-Dick : polyphonu -- Absalom! Absalom! : lexicon -- Seize the day : American amalgam -- The world through parataxis.
Note:
Formerly CIP Uk. - Includes bibliographical references and index
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