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Description

1. x, 401 pages; 25 cm.

Summary

1. "How are well-known female characters from the Bible represented in late 20th-century novels? In Biblical Women in Contemporary Novels in English, Ingrid Bertrand presents a detailed analysis of biblical rewritings by Roberts, Atwood, Tennant, Diamant and Diski focusing on six different women (Eve, Noah's wife, Sarah, Bilhah, Dinah and Mary Magdalene). She shows how these heroines give themselves a voice that rests not only on words but also on silences. Exploring the many forms that silence can take, she presents an innovative typology that sheds new light on this profoundly meaningful phenomenon"--

Series statement

1. Costerus, 0165-9618 ; new series, volume 226

Uniform title

1. Costerus ; new ser., v. 226.

Subject

1. 1900-1999
2. American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism
3. American fiction
4. Bible > In literature
5. Canadian fiction > 20th century > History and criticism
6. Canadian fiction
7. English fiction > 20th century > History and criticism
8. English fiction
9. Femmes > Dans la Bible
10. Femmes > Dans la littérature
11. Fiction > History and criticism
12. Fiction > History and criticism. > 20th century
13. Fiction > Women authors
14. Roman américain > 1945-.... > Thèmes, motifs
15. Roman anglais > 1945-.... > Thèmes, motifs
16. Roman canadien de langue anglaise > 1945-.... > Thèmes, motifs
17. Silence in literature
18. Women in literature
19. Women in the Bible

Genre/Form

1. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
2. Literary criticism.

Contents

1. 1. Setting the frame : voices and silences -- Part 1. The Silenced Feminine? : -- 2. Ambivalent responses to the Bible -- 3. So many forms of silencing to denounce -- Part 2. Voices Draped in Silences : -- Section 1. Encountering the other through silences : Diaman's "The Red Tent" and Roberts's "The Wild Girl" : -- 4. Dinah's ode to the plural mother -- 5. Mary Magdalen's quest for identity and God -- Section 2. Blurred voices and spectral silences : Roberts's "The Book of Mrs Noah" and Diski's "Only Human" : -- 6. Mrs Noah'sjourney to creativity -- 7. Sarai's story game of competing voices and rival desires -- Section 3. Reticent Testimonies : Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale" and Tennant's "Sisters and strangers : -- 8. Offred's reticent tale of resistancer -- 9. The playfully reticent tale of Eve's journey -- Part 3. Closing Silences Voicing Openness : -- 10. Passing on the heroine's voice

Owning institution

1. Columbia University Libraries

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-389) and indexes.

Terms of use (note)

1. Current Copyright Fee: GBP20.00