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035 _a(OCoLC)697174361
035 _a350082
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100 1 _aAlter, Robert.
245 1 0 _aPen of iron
_h[electronic resource] :
_bAmerican prose and the King James Bible /
_cRobert Alter.
260 _aPrinceton, N.J. :
_bPrinceton University Press,
_cc2010.
300 _a1 online resource (198 p.)
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aAmerica 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.
520 _aIn 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
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aAmerican literature
_xHistory and criticism.
630 0 0 _aBible.
_lEnglish
_xVersions
_xAuthorized
_xInfluence.
650 0 _aBible and literature.
630 0 0 _aBible
_xIn literature.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
650 7 _aLITERARY CRITICISM / American / General
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776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aAlter, Robert.
_tPen of iron.
_dPrinceton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2010
_z9780691128818
_w(DLC) 2009022408
_w(OCoLC)373474943
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