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The Changes of Cain: Violence and the Lost Brother in Cain and Abel Literature
Ricardo J. Quinones
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paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 294 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 399.
Era by era, from the writings of the classical Christian epoch up to East of Eden and Amadeus, from Philo to Finnegans Wake, Ricardo Quinones examines the contexts of a master metaphor of our culture. This brilliant work is the first comprehensive book on the Cain and Abel story. "Ricardo Quinones takes us on a grand tour of Western civilization in his admirable book, which reveals the riches of the Cain-Abel story as it develops from its Biblical origin to Citizen Kane and Michel Tournier. This is cultural history and literary criticism of the first order, finely written, formidably ... Read more
Era by era, from the writings of the classical Christian epoch up to East of Eden and Amadeus, from Philo to Finnegans Wake, Ricardo Quinones examines the contexts of a master metaphor of our culture. This brilliant work is the first comprehensive book on the Cain and Abel story. "Ricardo Quinones takes us on a grand tour of Western civilization in his admirable book, which reveals the riches of the Cain-Abel story as it develops from its Biblical origin to Citizen Kane and Michel Tournier. This is cultural history and literary criticism of the first order, finely written, formidably ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
Series
Princeton Legacy Library
Number of Pages
294
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691605791
SKU
V9780691605791
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Reviews for The Changes of Cain: Violence and the Lost Brother in Cain and Abel Literature
Winner of the 1993 Book of the Year, Conference on Christianity and Literature "Quinones is helpful on every aspect and variant reading of the story. He carries his learning gracefully."
New York Review of Books
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