The Bible in the American short story /
The Bible in the American Short Story examines Biblical influences in the post-World War II American short story. In a series of accessible chapters, Lesleigh Cushing Stahlberg and Peter S. Hawkins offer close-readings of short stories by leading contemporary writers such as Flannery O'Connor,...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.,
2018
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| Series: | New directions in religion and literature.
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| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1587585 |
| Summary: | The Bible in the American Short Story examines Biblical influences in the post-World War II American short story. In a series of accessible chapters, Lesleigh Cushing Stahlberg and Peter S. Hawkins offer close-readings of short stories by leading contemporary writers such as Flannery O'Connor, Allegra Goodman, Tobias Wolff and Kirstin Valdez Quade that highlight the biblical passages that they reference. Exploring episodes from the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament and both Jewish and Christian heritages, this book is an important contribution to understanding the influence of the Bible in contemporary literature |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 234 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| ISBN: | 9781474237185 1474237185 9781474237178 1474237177 1350111619 9781350111615 1474237193 9781474237192 9781474237161 1474237169 |