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38 produkter

Art of Biblical Narrative
Av Robert Alter
Häftad, 2011
248 kr
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Since it was first published nearly three decades ago, The Art of Biblical Narrative has radically expanded the horizons of biblical scholarship by recasting the Bible as a work of literary art deserving studied criticism. Renowned critic and translator Robert Alter presents the Hebrew Bible as a …
Five Books of Moses
A Translation with Commentary
Av Robert Alter
Häftad, 2008
431 kr
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Through a distinguished career of critical scholarship and translation, Robert Alter has equipped us to read the Hebrew Bible as a powerful, cohesive work of literature. In this landmark work, Alter's masterly translation and probing commentary combine to give contemporary readers the definitive …
Hebrew Bible
A Translation with Commentary
Av Robert Alter
Inbunden, 2018
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1414 kr
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A masterpiece of deep learning and fine sensibility, Robert Alter’s translation of the Hebrew Bible, now complete, reanimates one of the formative works of our culture. Capturing its brilliantly compact poetry and finely wrought, purposeful prose, Alter renews the Old Testament as a source of …
Book of Psalms
A Translation with Commentary
Av Robert Alter
Häftad, 2009
207 kr
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A cornerstone of the scriptural canon, the Book of Psalms has been a source of solace and joy for countless readers over millennia. This timeless poetry is beautifully wrought by a scholar whose translation of the Five Books of Moses was hailed as a “godsend” by Seamus Heaney and a “masterpiece” by …
Literary Guide to the Bible
Av Robert Alter, Frank Kermode
Häftad, 1990
406 kr
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Rediscover the incomparable literary richness and strength of a book that all of us live with an many of us live by. An international team of renowned scholars, assembled by two leading literary critics, offers a book-by-book guide through the Old and New Testaments as well as general essays on the …
Art of Biblical Poetry
Av Robert Alter
Häftad, 2011
284 kr
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Three decades ago, renowned literary expert Robert Alter radically expanded the horizons of biblical scholarship by recasting the Bible as not only a human creation but a work of literary art deserving studied criticism. In The Art of Biblical Poetry , his companion to the seminal The Art of …
Imagined Cities
Av Robert Alter
Häftad, 2010
460 kr
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In Imagined Cities, Robert Alter traces the arc of literary development triggered by the runaway growth of urban centers from the early nineteenth century through the first two decades of the twentieth. As new technologies and arrangements of public and private space changed the ways people …
Amos Oz
Writer, Activist, Icon
Av Robert Alter
Inbunden, 2023
221 kr
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An intimate portrait illuminating the life and work of Amos Oz, the award-winning Israeli writer and activist “Concise and compelling.”—Benjamin Balint, Wall Street Journal Amos Oz (1939–2018) was one of Israel’s most prolific and prominent writers, as well as a regular contender for the Nobel …
Pleasure and Change
The Aesthetics of Canon
Av Frank Kermode, Robert Alter
Häftad, 2006
579 kr
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The question of the canon has been the subject of debate in academic circles for over fifteen years. Pleasure and Change contains two lectures on this important subject by the distinguished literary critic Sir Frank Kermode. In essays that were originally delivered as Tanner Lectures at Berkeley in …
Invention of Dialogue in the Bible
Av Robert Alter
Inbunden, 2026
1295 kr
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The Invention of Dialogue in the Bible is an examination of the Bible's use of dialogue, a feature of literary writing often seen in prose, drama, and verse. Perhaps best known for its use in novels, it reflects characters' temperaments, social and educational backgrounds, their psychology, and …
Modern Hebrew Literature
Av Robert Alter
Häftad, 1975
450 kr
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A panorama of Hebrew prose presented in an English translation that makes these masterly works available to a wide audience.
The Art of Biblical Poetry
Av Robert Alter
Häftad, 2026
202 kr
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From a renowned literary scholar, the definitive guide to the poetry of the Hebrew Bible, updated with a new preface. “Intelligent, precise and exciting.” — New York Times Book Review In The Art of Biblical Poetry, renowned literary scholar Robert Alter radically expands the horizons of biblical …
Pleasure and Change
The Aesthetics of Canon
Av Sir Frank Kermode, Robert Alter
E-bok, 2004
443 kr
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The question of the canon has been the subject of debate in academic circles for over fifteen years. Pleasure and Change contains two lectures on this important subject by the distinguished literary critic Sir Frank Kermode. In essays that were originally delivered as Tanner Lectures at Berkeley in …
Pleasure and Change
The Aesthetics of Canon
Av Sir Frank Kermode, Robert Alter
E-bok, 2004
394 kr
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The question of the canon has been the subject of debate in academic circles for over fifteen years. Pleasure and Change contains two lectures on this important subject by the distinguished literary critic Sir Frank Kermode. In essays that were originally delivered as Tanner Lectures at Berkeley in …
Invention of Dialogue in the Bible
Av Robert Alter
Häftad, 2026
480 kr
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The Invention of Dialogue in the Bible is an examination of the Bible's use of dialogue, a feature of literary writing often seen in prose, drama, and verse. Perhaps best known for its use in novels, it reflects characters' temperaments, social and educational backgrounds, their psychology, and …
Canon and Creativity
Modern Writing and the Authority of Scripture
Av Robert Alter
Häftad, 2013
481 kr
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In this illuminating book, one of our foremost literary critics views the much-debated question of the literary canon from an entirely new angle. Robert Alter explores the ways in which a range of iconoclastic twentieth-century authors have put to use the stories, language, and imagery of the …
The Poetry of Yehuda Amichai
Av Yehuda Amichai, Robert Alter
Häftad, 2017
373 kr
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The largest English-language collection to date from Israel’s finest poet Few poets have demonstrated as persuasively as Yehuda Amichai why poetry matters. One of the major poets of the twentieth century, Amichai created remarkably accessible poems, vivid in their evocation of the Israeli landscape …
Pleasures of Reading
In an Ideological Age
Av Robert Alter
Häftad, 1996
320 kr
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From one of our premier literary scholars, here is a learned and witty introduction to the “sheer vitality of literature and the satisfactions of a close, informed engagement with it” (New York Times). Robert Alter’s illumination of the unique power of reading literature is especially valuable at a …
Genesis
Translation and Commentary
Av Robert Alter
Häftad, 1997
207 kr
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Genesis begins with the making of heaven and earth and all life, and ends with the image of a mummy—Joseph's—in a coffin. In between come many of the primal stories in Western culture: Adam and Eve's expulsion from the garden of Eden, Cain's murder of Abel, Noah and the Flood, the destruction of …
David Story
A Translation with Commentary of 1 and 2 Samuel
Av Robert Alter
Häftad, 2000
196 kr
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Acclaimed for its masterful new translation and insightful commentary, The David Story is a fresh, vivid rendition of one of the great works in Western literature. Robert Alter's brilliant translation gives us David, the beautiful, musical hero who slays Goliath and, through his struggles with …
Language of Fiction
The Craft of Writing and the Pleasures of Reading
Av Robert Alter
Inbunden, 2027
189 kr
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A master class in the language of fiction and a vivid reminder of how great novels can enrich our lives. What distinguishes the prose of great novels? How have celebrated novelists shaped language into a lasting source of insight and aesthetic pleasure? In The Language of Fiction, Robert Alter—one …
Lion for Love
A Critical Biography of Stendhal
Av Robert Alter
Häftad, 1986
427 kr
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Traces the life of the nineteenth century French novelist, attempts to portray his complex personality, and analyzes his major works.
Motives for Fiction
Av Robert Alter
Inbunden, 1984
860 kr
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“For many serious readers,” Robert Alter writes in his preface, “the novel still matters, and I have tried here to suggest some reasons why that should be so.” In his wide-ranging discussion, Alter examines the imitation of reality in fiction to find out why mimesis has become problematic yet …
Necessary Angels
Tradition and Modernity in Kafka, Benjamin, and Scholem
Av Robert Alter
Inbunden, 1991
480 kr
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In four elegant chapters, Robert Alter explains the prismlike radiance created by the association of three modern masters: Franz Kafka, Walter Benjamin, and Gershom Scholem. The volume pinpoints the intersections of these divergent witnesses to the modern condition of doubt, the no-man’s-land …
Pen of Iron
American Prose and the King James Bible
Av Robert Alter
Inbunden, 2010
204 kr
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The simple yet grand language of the King James Bible has pervaded American culture from the beginning - and its powerful eloquence continues to be felt even today. In this book, acclaimed biblical translator and literary critic Robert Alter traces some of the fascinating ways that American …
Art of Bible Translation
Av Robert Alter
Inbunden, 2019
221 kr
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From the recipient of the National Jewish Book Award for Lifetime Achievement, a "hugely entertaining and irreverent" (Adam Gopnik, New Yorker) account of the art of translating the Hebrew Bible into EnglishIn this brief book, award-winning biblical translator and acclaimed literary critic Robert …
Art of Bible Translation
Av Robert Alter
E-bok, 2019
213 kr
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From the recipient of the National Jewish Book Award for Lifetime Achievement, a "hugely entertaining and irreverent" (Adam Gopnik, New Yorker) account of the art of translating the Hebrew Bible into English In this brief book, award-winning biblical translator and acclaimed literary critic Robert …
Art of Bible Translation
Av Robert Alter
Häftad, 2020
135 kr
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From the recipient of the National Jewish Book Award for Lifetime Achievement, a "hugely entertaining and irreverent" (Adam Gopnik, New Yorker) account of the art of translating the Hebrew Bible into EnglishIn this brief book, award-winning biblical translator Robert Alter offers a personal and …
Nabokov and the Real World
Between Appreciation and Defense
Av Robert Alter
Häftad, 2021
204 kr
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From award-winning literary scholar Robert Alter, a masterful exploration of how Nabokov used artifice to evoke the dilemmas, pain, and exaltation of the human conditionAdmirers and detractors of Vladimir Nabokov have viewed him as an ingenious contriver of literary games, teasing and even …
Nabokov and the Real World
Between Appreciation and Defense
Av Robert Alter
E-bok, 2021
279 kr
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From award-winning literary scholar Robert Alter, a masterful exploration of how Nabokov used artifice to evoke the dilemmas, pain, and exaltation of the human condition Admirers and detractors of Vladimir Nabokov have viewed him as an ingenious contriver of literary games, teasing and even …