The Bible in the American short story / Lesleigh Cushing Stahlberg and Peter S. Hawkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stahlberg, Lesleigh Cushing, author.

Contributor:

Hawkins, Peter S., editor.

Series:

New directinos in religion and literature.

New directinos in religion and literature ; 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible--In literature.

Bible.

Bible--Influence.

American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

American fiction.

American fiction--21st century--History and criticism.

Religion and literature--United States.

Religion and literature.

Short stories, American--History and criticism.

Short stories, American.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 pages).

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2017.

Summary:

"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 Julia 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."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Preface

1. America as a Biblical Nation and the Bible as an American Book

2. The Short Story as an American Genre

3. The Greatest Stories Ever Told

4. Flannery O'Connor

5. Allegra Goodman

6. John Updike

7. Jamie Quatro

8. Steven Millhauser

9. Kirstin Valdez Quade

10. Tobias Wolff

11. Bernard Malamud

12. Nathan Englander

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781350111615

1350111619

9781474237192

1474237193

9781474237178

1474237177

9781474237185

1474237185

OCLC:

1057400569