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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteurs principaux: Stahlberg, Lesleigh Cushing (Auteur), Hawkins, Peter S. (Auteur)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Langue:anglais
Publié: London : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., 2018
Collection:New directions in religion and literature.
Accès en ligne:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1587585
Table des matières:
  • America as a Biblical nation and the Bible as an American book
  • The short story as an American genre
  • The greatest stories ever told
  • Flannery O'Connor
  • Allegra Goodman
  • John Updike
  • Jamie Quatro
  • Steven Millhauser
  • Kirstin Valdez Quade
  • Tobias Wolff
  • Bernard Malamud
  • Nathan Englander