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Pen of Iron

Pen of Iron American Prose and the King James Bible

Robert Alter, Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature Robert Alter
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Examines the way that the King James version of the Bible--especially the Old Testament--has influenced literary style in the works of Melville, Hemingway, Faulkner, Bellow, Marilynne Robinson, and Cormac McCarthy.
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