Book of Esther and the Typology of Female Transfiguration in - American Literatur

This monograph treats the biblical figure of Esther and her reception in nineteenth-century American literature. After providing an understanding of the Book of Esther in the Hebrew Bible and its contested acceptance over centuries in various scriptural canons, the work focuses on the reception of the Esther text in America.

List of contents

Preface
The Death of Male Sacrifice: Margaret Fuller and the Flowering of a New GodEsther as Type: The Search for a Figure of Female Redemption'A' is for Atonement: Hawthorne and HesterBeyond Redemption: Queen Esther, Zenobia, and MiriamThe Education Of Esther: Henry Adams and the Eternal WomanThe Face Of Female Salvation: Clover Adams and the Art of Transfiguration

About the author

Ariel Clark Silver is institute faculty at the Columbus Ohio Institute of Religion

Summary

This monograph treats the biblical figure of Esther and her reception in nineteenth-century American literature. After providing an understanding of the Book of Esther in the Hebrew Bible and its contested acceptance over centuries in various scriptural canons, the work focuses on the reception of the Esther text in America.

Product details

• Authors: Ariel Clark Silver
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781498564786
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-6478-6
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; USA, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, RELIGION / Christianity / Literature & the Arts, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Religion, Christianity, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: general, Religion and beliefs, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literature: history and criticism, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Biblical Studies & Exegesis, Religious and ceremonial art