Like a Grain of Sand Irritating an Oyster. Howard Jacobson’s The Very Model of a Man and the Bible

For contemporary novelists rewriting the Bible (e.g., for Winterson, Barnes, Roberts, Crace or Diski), Scripture proves a potent irritant with which contemporary literature can still maintain a lively, interactional relationship. Far from being taken for granted, neglected, plundered, the Bible fun...

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Main Author: Ewa Rychter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Pardubice 2010-12-01
Series:American and British Studies Annual
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Online Access:https://absa.upce.cz/index.php/absa/article/view/2175

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