Terry R. Wright

The Genesis of Fiction (eBook, ePUB)

Modern Novelists as Biblical Interpreters

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book considers a range of twentieth-century novelists who practise a creative mode of reading the Bible, exploring aspects of the Book of Genesis which more conventional biblical criticism sometimes ignores. Each chapter considers some of the interpretive challenges of the relevant story in Genesis, especially those noted by rabbinic midrash, which serves as a model for such creative rewriting of the biblical text. All the novelists considered, from Mark Twain, John Steinbeck and Thomas Mann to Jeanette Winterson, Anita Diamant and Jenny Diski, are shown to have been aware of the midrashic tradition and in some cases to have incorporated significant elements from it into their own writing.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. März 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317030751
• Artikelnr.: 44863497

Autorenporträt

Terry R. Wright is Professor of English Literature at Newcastle University, UK. Other books by Professor Wright include Theology and Literature, The Religion of Humanity, D.H. Lawrence and the Bible and several books about George Eliot and Thomas Hardy.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface
Introduction: Wrestling with the Book of Genesis
Adam, Eve and the serpent: Mark Twain
Cain and Abel: John Steinbeck
From the flood to Babel: Jeanette Winterson
The sacrifice of Isaac: Jenny Diski
Rachel and her sisters: Anita Diamant
Joseph and his brothers: Thomas Mann
Conclusion
Select bibliography
Index.