TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bertrand,Ingrid
TI  - Biblical women in contemporary novels in English
T2  - Costerus New Series
SN  - 9789004390317
AV  - PR888.W6 B47 2020
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Leiden Boston
PB  - Brill | Rodopi
KW  - Bible
KW  - In literature
KW  - American fiction
KW  - 20th century
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Biblical women in literature
KW  - Canadian fiction
KW  - English fiction
KW  - Feminism in literature
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Women authors
KW  - Silence in literature
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction. Setting the Frame. Voices and Silences -- Part 1. The Silenced Feminine? --  Part 2. Voices draped in silences -- Part 3. Closing Silences Voicing Openness
N2  - "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"
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004390317
ER  -