The Book of Esther and the Typology of Female Transfiguration in American Literature 9781498564793, 9781498564786

The enduring search for female salvation in American literature is first expressed through typology, an interpretive fra

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The Book of Esther and the Typology of Female Transfiguration in American Literature
9781498564793, 9781498564786

This book examines the ways in which the literary genre of hagiography and the hermeneutical paradigm of Biblical typolo

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