| Description |
xi, 212 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction Transformations of the myth of David -- Discriminations against David's tragedy in ancient Jewish and Christian literature / Jan Wojcik -- Frail grass and firm tree: David as a model of repentance in the Middle Ages and early Renaissance / Charles A. Huttar -- Two views of the evangelical David: Lefèvre d'Etaples and Theodore Beza / Edward A. Gosselin -- "Wait upon the Lord": David, Hamlet, and the problem of revenge / Gene Edward Veith, Jr. -- David as epic hero: Drayton's David and Goliath / Anthony Allingham -- Cowley's Davideis and the exaltation of friendship / Ted-Larry Pebworth -- David, the military exemplum / Marie L. Ahearn -- "Blest light": Christopher Smart's myth of David / Thomas F. Dillingham -- Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom! and the David story: a speculative contemplation / Stephen M. Ross -- The words of their roaring: Roethke's use of the Psalms of David / M.L. Lewandowska -- Saul and David in the early poetry of Yehuda Amichai / Noam Flinker |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
David, King of Israel -- In literature.
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David, King of Israel, in fiction, drama, poetry, etc
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| SUBJECT |
Bible -- In literature.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013818
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| Author |
Frontain, Raymond-Jean.
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Wojcik, Jan, 1944-
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| LC no. |
78069904 |
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