Pen of Iron
American Prose and the King James Bible
Robert Alter
ISBN: | 9781400834358 |
Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
Published: | 4 March, 2010 |
Format: | eBook - PDF |
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Pen of Iron
American Prose and the King James Bible
Robert Alter
The simple yet grand language of the King James Bible has pervaded American culture from the beginning-and its powerful eloquence continues to be felt even today. In this book, acclaimed 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 res
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