%0 Book %T Pen of iron: American prose and the King James Bible %A Alter, Robert %D 2010 %I Princeton Univ. Press %C Princeton, N.J. [u.a.] %@ 9780691128818 %G English %F 601367316 %O Robert Alter %O Formerly CIP Uk. - Includes bibliographical references and index %X In this book, biblical translator and literary critic Robert Alter traces some of the fascinating ways that American novelists--from Melville, Hemingway, and Faulkner to Bellow, Marilynne Robinson, and Cormac McCarthy--have drawn on the rich stylistic resources of the canonical English Bible to fashion their own strongly resonant styles and distinctive visions of reality. --from publisher description %L 810.9/3822 %K Versions %K Authorized %K History %K In literature %K Bible and literature %K American literature %K History and criticism %K Englisch %K Übersetzung %K Bibel %K Rezeption %K USA %K Prosa %K Geschichte %K BibleEnglishVersionsAuthorizedInfluence %K BibleIn literature %K American literatureHistory and criticism %9 Text