Add to ORKGHow are well-known female characters from the Bible represented in late 20th-century novels? In "Biblical Women in Contemporary Novels in English," Ingrid Bertrand presents a detailed analysis of biblical rewritings by Roberts, Atwood, Tennant, Diamant and Diski focusing on six different women (Eve, Noah’s wife, Sarah, Bilhah, Dinah and Mary Magdalene). She shows how these heroines give themselves a voice that rests not only on words but also on silences. Exploring the many forms that silence can take, she presents an innovative typology that sheds new light on this profoundly meaningful phenomenon
Approaching Old Testament narratives from the canonical perspective, Robin Gallaher Branch retells t...
he diploma thesis called "P r e s e n t a t i o n o f F e m a l e C h a r a c t e r s i n t he O l d...
This thesis traces eerie parallels between the historical portrayal of Mary Magdalene in biblical hi...
This paper devoted to Michèle Roberts’s "The Wild Girl" (1984) and "The Book of Mrs Noah" (1987), as...
This paper devoted to Michèle Roberts’s "The Wild Girl" (1984) and "The Book of Mrs Noah" (1987), as...
This paper devoted to Michèle Roberts’s "The Wild Girl" (1984) and "The Book of Mrs Noah" (1987), as...
This paper devoted to Michèle Roberts’s "The Wild Girl" (1984) and "The Book of Mrs Noah" (1987), as...
In this paper I focus on four contemporary British novels which re-write parts of the Bible [Jenny D...
Using Anita Diamant's The Red Tent, India Edghill's Queenmaker Margaret George's Mary...
This thesis investigates the prevalence of religious themes in the work of several prominent contemp...
This thesis examines the representation of mysticism and female mystics incontemporary women's writi...
This thesis examines the representation of mysticism and female mystics incontemporary women's writi...
This thesis investigates the prevalence of religious themes in the work of several prominent contemp...
Written and visual media have never been a safe place for women who defy gender norms and expectatio...
he diploma thesis called "P r e s e n t a t i o n o f F e m a l e C h a r a c t e r s i n t he O l d...
Approaching Old Testament narratives from the canonical perspective, Robin Gallaher Branch retells t...
he diploma thesis called "P r e s e n t a t i o n o f F e m a l e C h a r a c t e r s i n t he O l d...
This thesis traces eerie parallels between the historical portrayal of Mary Magdalene in biblical hi...
This paper devoted to Michèle Roberts’s "The Wild Girl" (1984) and "The Book of Mrs Noah" (1987), as...
This paper devoted to Michèle Roberts’s "The Wild Girl" (1984) and "The Book of Mrs Noah" (1987), as...
This paper devoted to Michèle Roberts’s "The Wild Girl" (1984) and "The Book of Mrs Noah" (1987), as...
This paper devoted to Michèle Roberts’s "The Wild Girl" (1984) and "The Book of Mrs Noah" (1987), as...
In this paper I focus on four contemporary British novels which re-write parts of the Bible [Jenny D...
Using Anita Diamant's The Red Tent, India Edghill's Queenmaker Margaret George's Mary...
This thesis investigates the prevalence of religious themes in the work of several prominent contemp...
This thesis examines the representation of mysticism and female mystics incontemporary women's writi...
This thesis examines the representation of mysticism and female mystics incontemporary women's writi...
This thesis investigates the prevalence of religious themes in the work of several prominent contemp...
Written and visual media have never been a safe place for women who defy gender norms and expectatio...
he diploma thesis called "P r e s e n t a t i o n o f F e m a l e C h a r a c t e r s i n t he O l d...
Approaching Old Testament narratives from the canonical perspective, Robin Gallaher Branch retells t...
he diploma thesis called "P r e s e n t a t i o n o f F e m a l e C h a r a c t e r s i n t he O l d...
This thesis traces eerie parallels between the historical portrayal of Mary Magdalene in biblical hi...