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Genesis by Wallace Stegner

About 549 pages (164,746 words) in 26 products

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Author Biography

Name: Wallace Stegner
Birth Date: February 18, 1909
Death Date: April 13, 1993
Place of Birth: Lake Mills, Iowa, United States of America
Place of Death: Sante Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: writer

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Biography of Wallace (Earle) Stegner
6400 words, approx. 21.3 pages
Much of the literary landscape of Wallace Stegner's prose is the literal landscape of the Rocky Mountain region that extends roughly from Colorado over to Utah and into Nevada, up to Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana, and into parts of Canada. This area is "St...
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Biography of Wallace (Earle) Stegner
5295 words, approx. 17.7 pages
Historian, biographer, essayist, short-story writer, and, above all, novelist--Wallace Stegner has been recognized as a genuine Westerner who wrote of the West with deep knowledge, empathy, and great sophistication. Often ignored by the Eastern literary...
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Biography of Wallace (Earle) Stegner
4202 words, approx. 14 pages
Wallace Stegner has had a productive, distinguished career as a writer of novels, short stories, and nonfiction. His novels are realistic in manner and almost invariably set in the western United States. Yet his primary interest is not in places as such,...
 


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Genesis Information
8,187 words, approx. 27 pages
For other uses see Genesis (disambiguation) Adam and Eve by Titian Genesis ( Greek : "birth," "origin") is the first book of the Torah , the Tanakh , and the Old Testament of the Bible . Jewish tradition considers the Pentateuch to have been written by...


News and Journals
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AP News
Genesis brings old friends back together
9/7/2007: 983 words, approx. 3 pages
Too many people, Phil Collins says, tend to forget the genesis of a rock 'n' roll band. Especially his own."They were friends first and they got together to play music," says the drummer and singer who is back as frontman for Genesis as it returns...
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Reuters North American News Service
Eating disorder may have genesis in womb-study
12/3/2007: 307 words, approx. 1 pages
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The male half of opposite-sex twins shares a similar risk as his sister of developing the eating disorder anorexia later in life, a finding that researchers said Monday suggests exposure in the womb to a female sex hormone may be responsible....
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Gerhard Von Rad
13,690 words, approx. 46 pages
In the following essay, Von Rad asserts that the book of Genesis should not be viewed as an independent work; rather, it is “significantly related” to the five Biblical books that follow it. Together, these six books—Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy—are commonly designated as the Hexateuch. Von Rad goes on to discuss the theme of the Hexateuch, and the development of the source materials into their current Biblical form.
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Critical Essay by William H. Ralston, Jr.
12,842 words, approx. 43 pages
In the following essay, Ralston examines the composition and themes of Genesis, maintaining that the book emphasizes man's separation from God.
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Critical Essay by Allen Scult, Michael Calvin McGee, and J. Kenneth Kuntz
12,167 words, approx. 41 pages
In the following essay, the critics use two sections of Genesis, believed by many scholars to have been written by different authors, in order to examine the relationship between discourse and power. The critics maintain that the two texts complement one another and present a complete, balanced, persuasive vision of God's power.
 
Featured Essays
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Essay Grade: 95%
Genesis 18
1,957 words, approx. 7 pages
Essay provides an analysis of Genesis 18.
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Essay Grade: 86%
Genesis
1,673 words, approx. 6 pages
Discusses the book of Genesis from the Old Testament. Summarizes the chapter. Attempts to decipher its message.
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Essay Grade: 86%
Stories from Genesis
737 words, approx. 3 pages
Explores stories from Genesis. Describes how many of the stories can be seen as representative of different stages of human development. Considers if the stories suggest growth or stasis.
 


Genesis Study Pack

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4 Biographies
1 Encyclopedia Article
15 Literature Criticism Essays
5 Student Essays
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Genesis by Wallace Stegner

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