When Raymond Met Delilah

Within cultural retellings of the Samson and Delilah story (Judg 16), Delilah is often presented as the quintessential femme fatale. In this paper, I consider the inspiration for Delilah’s cultural afterlives as femme fatale before exploring alternative ways to contemplate her character in the bibli...

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Main Author: Blyth, Caroline 1967- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Otago, Department of Theology and Religion [2014]
In: Relegere
Year: 2014, Volume: 4, Issue: 1, Pages: 41-63
Further subjects:B Delilah
B Hebrew Bible
B Intertextuality
B Judges
B Raymond Chandler
B Femmes fatale
B Samson
B Noir
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Summary:Within cultural retellings of the Samson and Delilah story (Judg 16), Delilah is often presented as the quintessential femme fatale. In this paper, I consider the inspiration for Delilah’s cultural afterlives as femme fatale before exploring alternative ways to contemplate her character in the biblical text. As a guide, I read Judg 16 alongside Raymond Chandler’s hardboiled novel, Farewell My Lovely, whose plot bears strong echoes of the biblical narrative. I consider how Chandler’s complex approach to the femme fatale within his novel might invite new readings of Delilah’s character, which grant more multifaceted insights into her literary persona.
ISSN:1179-7231
Contains:Enthalten in: Relegere
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.11157/rsrr4-1-585