The Bronze Bow | Essays and Criticism

  • The Politics of Love and Violence in Elizabeth George Speare’s The Bronze Bow

    Deborah Moreland received her doctorate in Literary Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas, writing her dissertation on the connection between high culture and low culture in early twentieth-century British literature. She now teaches and chairs the English department at a private school in Dallas. In the following essay on The Bronze Bow, she discusses ways in which Elizabeth George Speare communicates to young adults virtues she believes they seek in their lives, while placing the novel in the context of biblical stories current in the popular culture contemporary to the author.

  • Masculine Identity in The Bronze Bow

    Scott Malia received his PhD in drama from Tufts University, and he currently works in theater and education. In the following essay, Dr. Malia discusses the development of masculine identity in The Bronze Bow’s main character, Daniel bar Jamin.