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Pen of iron : American prose and the King James Bible / Robert Alter

Princeton, N.J. [u.a.] : Princeton Univ. Press, 2010

198 S. ; 22 cm

Englisch

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.

Formerly CIP Uk. - Includes bibliographical references and index

eb 20240324 ; 1 (Rechtsgrundlage DE-4165)

Rezension: In Praise of Language / Rebecca Munro, 2013

Rezensiert in: [Rezension von: Alter, Robert, Pen of Iron: American Prose and the King James Bible] / Nancy Coffey Hefferman, 2011

978-0-691-12881-8 (hardcover : alk. paper); 0-691-12881-2 ((hbk.) £12.95)

2009022408

015421389

9780691128818

OCoLC: 659759525     

OCoLC: 659759525 (aus SWB)     

HI 1475  | HR 1121      Ähnliche Literatur

PS166

810.9/3822

Basisklassifikation: 18.06 (Angloamerikanische Literatur) ; 17.93 (Literarische Stoffe; literarische Motive; literarische Themen) ; 17.81 (Epik; Prosa) ; 17.94 (Literarische Einflüsse und Beziehungen; Rezeption)

SSG-Nummer(n): 7,26; 1

*Bibel (King James version) ; Rezeption ; USA ; Roman ; Geschichte     Zum Register

*Literatur      Zum Register

LOC-SH: Bible -- English -- 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

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