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Moses in America
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- Book Synopsis
- 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
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- ISBN
- 9780195152265
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, (28 November 2002)
- Number of Pages
- 172
- Weight
- 390 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 203 x 162 x 19.3 mm
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