Bibliograph

Pen of iron, American prose and the King James Bible, Robert Alter

Type

Label

Pen of iron, American prose and the King James Bible, Robert Alter

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Pen of iron

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

373474943

Responsibility statement

Robert Alter

Sub title

American prose and the King James Bible

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

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

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