The Genesis of fiction: modern novelists as biblical interpreters
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Aldershot, England
Ashgate
©2007
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Beschreibung: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002 Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-182) and index Introduction : wrestling with the book of Genesis -- Adam, Eve and the serpent : Mark Twain -- Cain and Abel : John Steinbeck -- From the flood to Babel : Jeanette Winterson -- The sacrifice of Isaac : Jenny Diski -- Rachel and her sisters : Anita Diamant -- Joseph and his brothers : Thomas Mann This book considers a range of twentieth-century novelists who practise a creative mode of reading the Bible, exploring aspects of the Book of Genesis which more conventional biblical criticism sometimes ignores. Each chapter considers some of the interpretive challenges of the relevant story in Genesis, especially those noted by rabbinic midrash, which serves as a model for such creative rewriting of the biblical text. All the novelists considered, from Mark Twain, John Steinbeck and Thomas Mann to Jeanette Winterson, Anita Diamant and Jenny Diski, are shown to have been aware of the midrashi |
Beschreibung: | xii, 188 pages |
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spelling | Wright, Terry R. Verfasser aut The Genesis of fiction modern novelists as biblical interpreters Terry R. Wright Aldershot, England Ashgate ©2007 xii, 188 pages txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002 Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-182) and index Introduction : wrestling with the book of Genesis -- Adam, Eve and the serpent : Mark Twain -- Cain and Abel : John Steinbeck -- From the flood to Babel : Jeanette Winterson -- The sacrifice of Isaac : Jenny Diski -- Rachel and her sisters : Anita Diamant -- Joseph and his brothers : Thomas Mann This book considers a range of twentieth-century novelists who practise a creative mode of reading the Bible, exploring aspects of the Book of Genesis which more conventional biblical criticism sometimes ignores. Each chapter considers some of the interpretive challenges of the relevant story in Genesis, especially those noted by rabbinic midrash, which serves as a model for such creative rewriting of the biblical text. All the novelists considered, from Mark Twain, John Steinbeck and Thomas Mann to Jeanette Winterson, Anita Diamant and Jenny Diski, are shown to have been aware of the midrashi Mann, Thomas / 1875-1955 fast Steinbeck, John / 1902-1968 fast Twain, Mark / 1835-1910 fast Mann, Thomas swd Twain, Mark 1835-1910 Religion Steinbeck, John 1902-1968 Religion Mann, Thomas 1875-1955 Religion Bible Genesis In literature Bibel Genesis (DE-588)4020126-0 gnd rswk-swf Geschichte 1900-2000 idszbz 1900 - 1999 fast Geschichte 1900-2000 Geschichte 1880-2000 gnd rswk-swf Bible / Genesis fast Genesis idszbz Joseph und seine Brüder swd Bibel swd American fiction English fiction Religion and literature Twain, Mark TRAVEL / Special Interest / Literary bisacsh LITERARY CRITICISM / General bisacsh American fiction fast English fiction fast Literature fast Religion fast Religion and literature fast Religion in literature fast Bellettrie gtt Receptie gtt Genesis (bijbelboek) gtt Englische Literatur / Motiv / Genesis idsbb Genesis / Motiv / Englische Literatur idsbb Genesis / Rezeption idsbb Literatur / USA / Motiv / Genesis idsbb Genesis / Motiv / Literatur / USA. idsbb Motiv (Literatur) idszbz Roman idszbz Literatur swd Religion <Motiv> swd Bibel Geschichte Literatur Rezeption American fiction 20th century History and criticism English fiction 20th century History and criticism Religion in literature Religion and literature History Rezeption (DE-588)4049716-1 gnd rswk-swf Literatur (DE-588)4035964-5 gnd rswk-swf USA (DE-588)4078704-7 gnd rswk-swf USA (DE-588)4078704-7 g Literatur (DE-588)4035964-5 s Rezeption (DE-588)4049716-1 s Bibel Genesis (DE-588)4020126-0 u Geschichte 1880-2000 z 1\p DE-604 1\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk |
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title | The Genesis of fiction modern novelists as biblical interpreters |
title_auth | The Genesis of fiction modern novelists as biblical interpreters |
title_exact_search | The Genesis of fiction modern novelists as biblical interpreters |
title_full | The Genesis of fiction modern novelists as biblical interpreters Terry R. Wright |
title_fullStr | The Genesis of fiction modern novelists as biblical interpreters Terry R. Wright |
title_full_unstemmed | The Genesis of fiction modern novelists as biblical interpreters Terry R. Wright |
title_short | The Genesis of fiction |
title_sort | the genesis of fiction modern novelists as biblical interpreters |
title_sub | modern novelists as biblical interpreters |
topic | Mann, Thomas / 1875-1955 fast Steinbeck, John / 1902-1968 fast Twain, Mark / 1835-1910 fast Mann, Thomas swd Twain, Mark 1835-1910 Religion Steinbeck, John 1902-1968 Religion Mann, Thomas 1875-1955 Religion Bible Genesis In literature Bibel Genesis (DE-588)4020126-0 gnd Bible / Genesis fast Genesis idszbz Joseph und seine Brüder swd Bibel swd American fiction English fiction Religion and literature Twain, Mark TRAVEL / Special Interest / Literary bisacsh LITERARY CRITICISM / General bisacsh American fiction fast English fiction fast Literature fast Religion fast Religion and literature fast Religion in literature fast Bellettrie gtt Receptie gtt Genesis (bijbelboek) gtt Englische Literatur / Motiv / Genesis idsbb Genesis / Motiv / Englische Literatur idsbb Genesis / Rezeption idsbb Literatur / USA / Motiv / Genesis idsbb Genesis / Motiv / Literatur / USA. idsbb Motiv (Literatur) idszbz Roman idszbz Literatur swd Religion <Motiv> swd Bibel Geschichte Literatur Rezeption American fiction 20th century History and criticism English fiction 20th century History and criticism Religion in literature Religion and literature History Rezeption (DE-588)4049716-1 gnd Literatur (DE-588)4035964-5 gnd |
topic_facet | Mann, Thomas / 1875-1955 Steinbeck, John / 1902-1968 Twain, Mark / 1835-1910 Mann, Thomas Twain, Mark 1835-1910 Religion Steinbeck, John 1902-1968 Religion Mann, Thomas 1875-1955 Religion Bible Genesis In literature Bibel Genesis Bible / Genesis Genesis Joseph und seine Brüder Bibel American fiction English fiction Religion and literature Twain, Mark TRAVEL / Special Interest / Literary LITERARY CRITICISM / General Literature Religion Religion in literature Bellettrie Receptie Genesis (bijbelboek) Englische Literatur / Motiv / Genesis Genesis / Motiv / Englische Literatur Genesis / Rezeption Literatur / USA / Motiv / Genesis Genesis / Motiv / Literatur / USA. Motiv (Literatur) Roman Literatur Religion <Motiv> Geschichte Rezeption American fiction 20th century History and criticism English fiction 20th century History and criticism Religion and literature History USA |
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