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Moses in America

By Wright, Melanie Jane

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Moses in America

By Wright, Melanie Jane

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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: mainstream, white and black, intellectual and academic, religious and secular. More generally, she seeks throughout to address the question of why these three artists believed their arguments - and wright insists that they are arguments - were best advanced by the re-presentation of an ancient biblical narrative.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
184
Release Date:
2002-11-14
Publication Date:
2002-11-14
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0195152263
ISBN13:
9780195152265
Weight:
370 g
Height:
145 cm
Width:
222 cm
Thickness:
14 cm
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