Rewriting the word : American women writers and the Bible / Amy Benson Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Amy Benson.

Series:

Contributions in women's studies 0147-104X ; no. 172.

Contributions in women's studies, 0147-104X ; no. 172

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--Women authors--History and criticism.

American literature.

Christianity and literature--United States--History.

Christianity and literature.

Feminism and literature--United States--History.

Feminism and literature.

Women and literature--United States--History.

Women and literature.

Religion and literature.

Bible--In literature.

Bible.

History.

American literature--Women authors.

United States.

Physical Description:

185 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn : Greenwood Press, 1999.

Summary:

Argues that American women writers' contentious dialogues with the Bible ultimately reconstruct the writers' own basis of authority.

Contents:

Introduction: The Politics and Poetics of Biblical Revision and Contemporary Women's Poetry 1

Chapter 1 "'Faith' Is a Fine Invention": Emily Dickinson and H.D. 29

Chapter 2 "Much Madness Is Divinest Sense": The Biblical Revision of Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath 67

Chapter 3 Writing Home: The Bible and Gloria Naylor's Bailey's Cafe and Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon 127

Conclusion: Last Words: Feminist Biblical Revision and Authority 163.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0313308659

OCLC:

39890365