Biblical Women in Contemporary Novels in English - From Margaret Atwood to Jenny Diski

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.

About the author

Ingrid Bertrand, Ph.D. (2011), is an Assistant Professor of English Language and Literature at the Université Saint-Louis - Bruxelles and the Université catholique de Louvain (Belgium). She has published on biblical rewritings and Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale. Her research interests are dystopias and manifestations of silence in novels.

Product details

• Authors: Ingrid Bertrand
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.02.2020
• EAN: 9789004390300
• ISBN: 978-90-04-39030-0
• No. of pages: 414
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 236 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 680 g
• Series: Costerus New
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature > Fairytales, sagas, legends