The Bible in the American Short Story.

Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- Preface -- A note on terms and translations -- A note of thanks -- Chapter 1: America as a Biblical Nation and the Bible as an American Book -- The Bible has been the greatest singleinfluence on our literature -- He that hath ears to hea...

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Main Author: Cushing Stahlberg, Lesleigh (Author)
Contributors: Hawkins, Peter S. 1945- (Contributor) ; Mason, Emma (Contributor) ; Knight, Mark (Contributor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: London Bloomsbury Publishing PLC 2017
In:Year: 2017
Series/Journal:New Directions in Religion and Literature Ser
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B English language / USA / Short story / Bible
RelBib Classification:FA Theology
Further subjects:B Short stories, American History and criticism
B Bible
B Electronic books
B Short stories, American--History and criticism
B Short stories, American
B American literature
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
Print version: Cushing Stahlberg, Lesleigh: The Bible in the American Short Story. - London : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC,c2017. - 9781474237161
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Summary:Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- Preface -- A note on terms and translations -- A note of thanks -- Chapter 1: America as a Biblical Nation and the Bible as an American Book -- The Bible has been the greatest singleinfluence on our literature -- He that hath ears to hear, let him hear -- Chapter 2: The Short Story as an American Genre -- Chapter 3: The Greatest Stories Ever Told -- The short(er) story in the Bible -- The style of biblical narrative -- The short story in the Bible:The Book of Ruth -- The short-short story in the Bible:The parable -- Chapter 4: Flannery O'Connor -- Chapter 5: Allegra Goodman -- Chapter 6: John Updike -- Chapter 7: Jamie Quatro -- Chapter 8: Steven Millhauser -- Chapter 9: Kirstin Valdez Quade -- Chapter 10: Tobias Wolff -- Chapter 11: Bernard Malamud -- Chapter 12: Nathan Englander -- Notes -- Preface -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 -- Chapter 11 -- Chapter 12 -- Bibliography -- Index -- Index of Biblical Booksand Verses.
ISBN:1474237185