02232nam a2200457Ka 4500 ocn697174361 OCoLC 20200709055323.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 110117s2010 nju ob 001 0 eng d N$T N$T 9780691128818 0691128812 9781400834358 (electronic bk.) 140083435X (electronic bk.) (OCoLC)697174361 350082 (N$T) PS166 .A46 2010eb LIT 004020 bisacsh 810.9/3822 22 N$TA Alter, Robert. Pen of iron [electronic resource] : American prose and the King James Bible / 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 Description based on print version record. American literature History and criticism. Bible. English Versions Authorized Influence. Bible and literature. Bible In literature. Electronic books. LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General bisacsh Print version: Alter, Robert. Pen of iron. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2010 9780691128818 (DLC) 2009022408 (OCoLC)373474943 NetLibrary http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=350082 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 50124 50124