Pen of iron : American prose and the King James Bible

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

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alter, Robert
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2010.
Subjects:
Bible. > English > Versions > Authorized > Influence.
Bible > In literature.
Bible
American literature > History and criticism.
Bible and literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Semiotics & Theory.
American literature
Bible and literature
Literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Literary criticism.
Critiques littéraires.
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