When Raymond Met Delilah
Within cultural retellings of the Samson and Delilah story (Judg 16), Delilah is often presented as the quintessential femme fatale. In this paper, I consider the inspiration for Delilah’s cultural afterlives as femme fatale before exploring alternative ways to contemplate her character in the bibli...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2014]
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| In: |
Relegere
Year: 2014, Volume: 4, Issue: 1, Pages: 41-63 |
| Further subjects: | B
Delilah
B Hebrew Bible B Intertextuality B Judges B Raymond Chandler B Femmes fatale B Samson B Noir |
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| Summary: | Within cultural retellings of the Samson and Delilah story (Judg 16), Delilah is often presented as the quintessential femme fatale. In this paper, I consider the inspiration for Delilah’s cultural afterlives as femme fatale before exploring alternative ways to contemplate her character in the biblical text. As a guide, I read Judg 16 alongside Raymond Chandler’s hardboiled novel, Farewell My Lovely, whose plot bears strong echoes of the biblical narrative. I consider how Chandler’s complex approach to the femme fatale within his novel might invite new readings of Delilah’s character, which grant more multifaceted insights into her literary persona. |
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| ISSN: | 1179-7231 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Relegere
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.11157/rsrr4-1-585 |
