The Bible In The American Short Story (New Directions In Religion And Literature) - 9781474237161

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.

• | Author: Lesleigh Cushing Stahlberg, Emma Mason
• | Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• | Publication Date: Nov 02, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 256 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/LITERARY CRITICISM
• | ISBN-10: 1474237169
• | ISBN-13: 9781474237161