Pen of iron [electronic resource] : 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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton, N.J. :
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| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (198 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400834358 140083435X |