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.
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Moses in America: The Cultural Uses of Biblical Narrative
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.
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| ISBN-13: | 9780198034766 |
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| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Publication date: | 11/14/2002 |
| Series: | AAR Cultural Criticism Series |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 534 KB |
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