Alter, Robert. <br/><br/>
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.) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781400834358 (electronic bk.) 140083435X (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Bible. English --Versions--Authorized--Influence.<br/>Bible--In literature.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>American literature--History and criticism.<br/>Bible and literature.<br/>LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS166  / .A46 2010eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>810.9/3822