Tales of a Sixth-Grade Muppet by Kirk Scroggs

Tales of a Sixth-Grade Muppet by Kirk Scroggs

This book considers a range of twentieth-century novelists who practise a creative mode of reading the Bible, exploring aspects of the Book of Genesis which more conventional biblical criticism sometimes ignores. Each chapter considers some of the interpretive challenges of the relevant story in Genesis, especially those noted by rabbinic midrash, which serves as a model for such creative rewriting of the biblical text. All the novelists considered, from Mark Twain, John Steinbeck and Thomas Mann to Jeanette Winterson, Anita Diamant and Jenny Diski, are shown to have been aware of the midrashic tradition and in some cases to have incorporated significant elements from it into their own writing. The questions these modern and postmodern writers ask of the Bible, however, go beyond those permitted by the rabbis and by other believing interpretive communities. Each chapter therefore attempts to chart intertextually where the writers are coming from, what principles govern their mode of reading and rewriting Genesis, and what conclusions can be drawn about the ways in which it remains possible to relate to the Bible.

Kirk Scroggs was born a quarter Muppet. He used his Pigs in Space lunch box so much as a kid that his mother considered it a rusted, toxic health threat and gave it to his younger brother. Kirk, a native of Austin, Texas, currently resides in Los Angeles, where he enjoys doodling, spray tans, and penning essential works such as Wiley and Grampa's Creature Features: Hair Ball From Outer Space.

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ISBN 13	9780316183024
ISBN 10	0316183024
Title	Tales of a Sixth-Grade Muppet
Author	Kirk Scroggs
Series	Tales Of A Sixth-Grade Muppet
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Year published	2011-09-05
Number of pages	231
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