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Moses in America - The Cultural Uses of Biblical Narrative (Hardcover): Melanie Jane Wright

Moses in America - The Cultural Uses of Biblical Narrative (Hardcover)

Melanie Jane Wright

Series: AAR Cultural Criticism Series

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This book explores the retelling of the life of Moses in three 20th-century American narratives: Moses in Red, by Lincoln Steffens; Moses, Man of the Mountain, by Zora Neale Hurston; and Cecil B. DeMille's film, The Ten Commandments. Wright's analysis reveals that the figure of Moses has strong currency in American culture at many levels: mainstream, white and black, intellectual and academic, religious and secular. More generally, she seeks throughout to address the question of why these three artists believed their arguments - and wright insists that they are arguments - were best advanced by the re-presentation of an ancient biblical narrative.

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Imprint: Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin: United States
Series: AAR Cultural Criticism Series
Release date: November 2002
First published: November 2002
Authors: Melanie Jane Wright (Academic Director, Centre for Jewish-Christian Relations)
Dimensions: 215 x 149 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-515226-5
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > Film theory & criticism
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General
Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > General
LSN: 0-19-515226-3
Barcode: 9780195152265

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