The Bible in the American Short Story

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Christian Literature, Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, American
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Author: Lesleigh Cushing Stahlberg, Professor Peter S. Hawkins ISBN: 9781474237178
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Publication: November 2, 2017
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic Language: English
Author: Lesleigh Cushing Stahlberg, Professor Peter S. Hawkins
ISBN: 9781474237178
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication: November 2, 2017
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Language: English

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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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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