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504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

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520 a| 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;

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

Author/creator	Alter, Robert
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Oxford ; Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press,
Description	198 p. ; 23 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Bible. English--Versions. --Authorized. --History. Bible--In literature. American literature--History and criticism. Bible and literature.

Contents	America as a Scriptural culture -- Style in America and the King James version -- Moby-Dick : polyphonu -- Absalom! Absalom! : lexicon -- Seize the day : American amalgam -- The world through parataxis.
Abstract	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
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2009022408
ISBN	9780691128818 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	0691128812 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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