The Book of Esther and the typology of female transfiguration in American literature /Ariel Clark Silver.

Silver, Ariel Clark,

The Book of Esther and the typology of female transfiguration in American literature /Ariel Clark Silver. - Lanham : Lexington Books, (c)2017. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographies and index.

The death of male sacrifice: Margaret Fuller and the flowering of a new God -- Esther as type: the search for a figure of female redemption -- A is for atonement: Hawthorne and Hester -- Beyond redemption: Queen Esther, Zenobia, and Miriam -- The education of Esther: Henry Adams and the eternal woman -- The face of female salvation: Clover Adams and the art of transfiguration.



9781498564793

2017046393


Bible.--Esther--Criticism, interpretation, etc.


Typology (Theology)
American literature.
Women in literature.
Typology (Theology) in literature.


Electronic Books.

BS1375 / .B665 2017