The Changes of Cain : : Violence and the Lost Brother in Cain and Abel Literature / / Ricardo J. Quinones.
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 Quinon...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014] ©1991 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (294 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- PART ONE: The Three Traditions
- Chapter One. CITIZEN CAIN
- Chapter Two. MONSTROUS CAIN
- Chapter Three. CAIN AS SACRED EXECUTIONER
- PART Two: Regenerate Cain
- CHAPTER FOUR. Byron's Cain and Its Antecedents
- Chapter Five. THE SECRET SHARER
- Chapter Six. DEMIAN
- Chapter Seven. THE NEW AMERICAN CAIN: EAST OF EDEN AND OTHER WORKS OF POST-WORLD WAR II AMERICA
- PART THREE: Dramas of Envy
- Chapter Eight. BILLY BUDD
- Chapter Nine. AMADEUS AND PRICK UP YOUR EARS
- Chapter Ten. ABEL SANCHEZ
- PART FOUR: Tomorrow's Cain
- Chapter Eleven. CAIN OF FUTURE HISTORY
- Chapter Twelve. TWINNING THE TWAIN
- EPILOGUE
- NOTES
- INDEX