Pen of iron
American prose and the King James Bible
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Author
Publication
2010 - Princeton University Press, Oxford, New Jersey
Language
English
Word Count
49,500 words, Guess
Page Count
198 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-100691128812
- ISBN-139780691128818
- Library of Congress Control Number2009022408
- OCLC Control Number373474943
- Open LibraryOL24533202M
Classifications
- DDC810.9/3822
- LCCPS166 .A46 2010
Description
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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