Pen of Iron

American Prose and the King James Bible

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Robert Alter

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Hardback

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The simple yet grand language of the King James Bible has pervaded American culture from the beginning. This book traces the ways that American novelists ranging from Melville, and Faulkner to Marilynne Robinson, and Cormac McCarthy - have drawn on the resources of the canonical English Bible to fashion their own styles and visions of reality.

Author Biography:

Robert Alter has taught Hebrew and comparative literature at the University of California, Berkeley, since 1967. The author of more than twenty books, he has also published four volumes of Bible translation, most recently "The Book of Psalms: A Translation with Commentary" (Norton). In 2009, Alter received the Robert Kirsch Award from the "Los Angeles Times" for lifetime contribution to American letters.

Release date Australia

February 28th, 2010

Author

Robert Alter

Audiences

Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Pages

208

Dimensions

140x216x25

ISBN-13

9780691128818

Product ID

4031486

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