Three faces of Saul : an intertextual approach to biblical tragedy / Sarah Nicholson.
A fascinating intertextual study of the classic biblical tragedy of Saul, the first king of Israel, as first narrated in biblical narrative and later reworked in Lamartine's drama Saul: Tragédie and Thomas Hardy's novel The Mayor of Casterbridge. Plot and characterization are each explored...
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Sheffield Academic Press,
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| Series: | Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ;
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Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION; The Story of Saul as History and as Literature; Literary Theory and Methodology; The Intertextual Perspective; The Story of Saul as Tragedy; Technical Matters; Face I: SAUL IN 1 SAMUEL; Chapter 1 TO EVERY BAD THERE IS A WORSE: THE MECHANICS OF BIBLICAL TRAGEDY; Introduction; Overview of the Tragic Vision; The Father-Son Collision; Tragic Mechanics; Conclusions; Chapter 2 AN UNSYMPATHETIC FIRST CAUSE: DIVINE AMBIVALENCE IN BIBLICAL TRAGEDY; Introduction; Overview of Divine Ambivalence; Divine Agency; Summary; The Problem of Evil.
- ConclusionsFace II: SAUL IN LAMARTINE''S SAÜL; Chapter 3 IF ALL WERE ONLY VANITY: STRIVING AFTER THE BIBLICAL PLOT; Introduction; Plot; Characterization; Conclusions; Chapter 4 ONCE VICTIM, ALWAYS VICTIM: BLIND INSANITY AND CONFLICT WITH THE DIVINE; Introduction; Thematic Schemes and Stylistic Devices; The Role of God; Conclusions; Face III: HENCHARD IN HARDY''S THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE; Chapter 5 THAT NO MAN REMEMBER ME: THE CHARACTER OF HARDY''S TRAGIC VISION; Introduction; The Present State of Scholarship; Voltaire; Character; Conclusions.
- Chapter 6 THE SOLID, INEXORABLE HAND OF INDIFFERENCE: AMBIVALENCE AND ABSENCEIntroduction; Social History; Fate and Chance; Conclusions; Chapter 7 CONCLUSION; Summary of Main Findings; Methodological Considerations; Limitations of this Approach and Areas for Further Research; Summary Conclusions; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; V; W; Z.