The Bible, Religion, and Power in Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale A Close Reading from the Perspective of Biblical Scholarship
This article offers a close reading of Atwood’s famous novel from the perspective of biblical scholarship. Anyone who reads The Handmaid’s Tale will readily notice how strongly biblical texts inform the narrative and the fictional world of Gilead. This relationship begins with Genesis 30:1–3, which...
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| Main Author: | Hartenstein, Friedhelm |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Karl Franzens Universität Graz
2024-04-01
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| Series: | Journal for Religion, Film and Media |
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| Online Access: | https://resolver.obvsg.at/urn:nbn:at:at-ubg:4-49764 |
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