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One of Newsweek’s Best Books of the Year and winner of the Robert Kirsch Award for Lifetime Achievement. A cornerstone of the scriptural canon, the ...
This book offers a literary approach to the biblical text. Robert Alter brings numerous textual examples of the different types of biblical narrative,...
Urban Experience and the Language of the Novel
In Imagined Cities, Robert Alter traces the arc of literary development triggered by the runaway growth of urban centers from the early nineteenth cen...
In this brief book, award-winning biblical translator and acclaimed literary critic Robert Alter offers a personal and passionate account of what he l...
"A modern classic....Thrilling and constantly illuminating."—Michael Dirda, Washington Post Book World Through a distinguished career of critical sc...
Three decades ago, renowned literary expert Robert Alter radically expanded the horizons of biblical scholarship by recasting the Bible as not only a ...
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A Translation With Commentary Of 1 And 2 Samuel
"The story of David is the greatest single narrative representation in antiquity of a human life evolving by slow stages through time, shaped by the p...
Robert Alter’s award-winning translation of the Hebrew Bible continues with the stirring narrative of Israel’s ancient history. To read the books ...
"For many serious readers," Robert Alter writes in his preface, "the novel still matters, and I have tried here to suggest some reasons why that shoul...
Analyzes the structure, functions, and metaphors of the poetry in Psalms, Job, Proverbs, and other books of the Old Testament....
American Prose and the King James Bible
Examines the way that the King James version of the Bible--especially the Old Testament--has influenced literary style in the works of Melville, Hemin...
A landmark event: the complete Hebrew Bible in the award-winning translation that delivers the stunning literary power of the original. A masterpiece ...
A Biography
The Song of Songs, Ruth, Esther, Jonah, and Daniel:A Translation with Commentary
“A pleasure to read. . . . Alter has given fresh life to some of the most beloved . . . books in our heritage.”—Philadelphia Inquirer The Song o...
A pioneer in the burgeoning movement to understand the Bible as literature assesses the spate of new developments in this area. Robert Alter reflects ...
A Critical Biography of Stendhal
Traces the life of the nineteenth century French novelist, attempts to portray his complex personality, and analyzes his major works....
Between Appreciation and Defense
"This book collects book includes eleven pieces about Vladimir Nabokov. A common thread connects the articles, which is an underlying sense that Nabok...
Studies in the Picaresque Novel
Writer, Activist, Icon
An intimate portrait illuminating the life and work of Amos Oz, the award-winning Israeli writer and activist Amos Oz (1939–2018) was one of Israel�...
Tradition and Modernity in Kafka, Benjamin, and Scholem
In four elegant chapters, Robert Alter explains the prismlike radiance created by the association of three modern masters, Franz Kafka, Walter Benjami...
Modern Writing and the Authority of Scripture
Alter explores the ways in which a range of iconoclastic 20th century authors have put to use the stories, language, and imagery found in the Hebrew B...
Essays on Modern Jewish Writing
Finding the Good Husband . . . in the Man You Married
For men, and the women who love them, this is a highly controversial book on how to get - and be - a good husband. This book will appeal to the countl...
In an Ideological Age
A New Translation and Commentary
"Here is the Genesis for our generation and beyond. An occasion for praise, and perennial gratitude as well". -- Robert Fagles...
100 Doorways on the Journey to Happiness
A tool for overcoming life's obstacles - large and small - this book by psychotherapists Robert and Jane Alter shows how you can unlock your own inner...
Volume III, Issue #4
Liberties Journal of Culture and Politics is devoted to educating the general public about the history, current trends, and possibilities of culture a...
Some Initial Reflections