The rise and fall of Adam and Eve
(Adult Book)
Author
Published
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2017].
Format
Adult Book
Edition
First Edition.
ISBN
0393240800, 9780393240801 :
Physical Desc
419 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 24 cm.
Status
Non-Fiction (Adult) - Non-Fiction Shelves
233 G74 2017
1 available
233 G74 2017
1 available
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Published
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2017].
Edition
First Edition.
Language
English
ISBN
0393240800, 9780393240801 :
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"Comprising only a few ancient verses, the story of Adam and Eve has served as a mirror in which we seem to glimpse the whole, long history of our fears and desires, as both a hymn to human responsibility and a dark fable about human wretchedness. Tracking the tale into the deep past, Greenblatt uncovers the tremendous theological, artistic, and cultural investment over centuries that made these fictional figures so profoundly resonant in the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim worlds and, finally, so very "real" to millions of people even in the present. With the uncanny brilliance he previously brought to his depictions of William Shakespeare and Poggio Bracciolini (the humanist monk who is the protagonist of The Swerve), Greenblatt explores the intensely personal engagement of Augustine, Dürer, and Milton in this mammoth project of collective creation, while he also limns the diversity of the storys offspring: rich allegory, vicious misogyny, deep moral insight, and some of the greatest triumphs of art and literature. The biblical origin story, Greenblatt argues, is a model for what the humanities still have to offer: not the scientific nature of things, but rather a deep encounter with problems that have gripped our species for as long as we can recall and that continue to fascinate and trouble us today"--Publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Greenblatt, S. (2017). The rise and fall of Adam and Eve (First Edition.). W.W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Greenblatt, Stephen, 1943-. 2017. The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve. W.W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Greenblatt, Stephen, 1943-. The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve W.W. Norton & Company, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Greenblatt, Stephen. The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve First Edition., W.W. Norton & Company, 2017.
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