Pen of iron
Alter, Robert.
Pen of iron American prose and the King James Bible / [electronic resource] : Robert Alter. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2010. - 1 online resource (198 p.)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
America as a Scriptural culture -- Style in America and the King James version -- Moby-Dick : polyphony -- Absalom! Absalom! : lexicon -- Seize the day : American amalgam -- The world through parataxis.
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
9781400834358 (electronic bk.) 140083435X (electronic bk.)
Bible. English --Versions--Authorized--Influence.
Bible--In literature.
American literature--History and criticism.
Bible and literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General
Electronic books.
PS166 / .A46 2010eb
810.9/3822
Pen of iron American prose and the King James Bible / [electronic resource] : Robert Alter. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2010. - 1 online resource (198 p.)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
America as a Scriptural culture -- Style in America and the King James version -- Moby-Dick : polyphony -- Absalom! Absalom! : lexicon -- Seize the day : American amalgam -- The world through parataxis.
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
9781400834358 (electronic bk.) 140083435X (electronic bk.)
Bible. English --Versions--Authorized--Influence.
Bible--In literature.
American literature--History and criticism.
Bible and literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General
Electronic books.
PS166 / .A46 2010eb
810.9/3822
