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Alter, Robert.

Pen of iron : American prose and the King James Bible / Robert Alter. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2010. - 1 online resource (198 pages)

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.

ISBN: 9781400834358 140083435X

Source: 245793 MIL 22573/cttww15 JSTOR 166A7255-A7A3-442B-98E3-DB66740CBEC6 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Bible. English --Versions--Authorized--Influence.
Bible--In literature.
Bible. Anglais --Versions--Authorized--Influence.
Bible

Subjects--Topical Terms:
American literature--History and criticism.
Bible and literature.
Bible et littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM--American--General.
LITERARY CRITICISM--Semiotics & Theory.
American literature
Bible and literature
Literature

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Literary criticism.
Critiques littéraires.

LC Class. No.: PS166 / .A46 2010eb

Dewey Class. No.: 810.9/3822