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The Changes of Cain: Violence and the Lost Brother in Cain and Abel Literature
by Quinones, Ricardo J
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0691068836
- ISBN 13
- 9780691068831
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1991. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. Large 8vo. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. vii, 284 pp, acknowledgments, introduction, I. The Three Traditions; II. Regenerate Cain; III. Dramas of Envy; IV. Tomorrow's Cain; epilogue, notes, index. First Edition, 1991. "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. The author 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." Not Price Clipped. Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Blue cloth with white lettering to spine..
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000391
- Title
- The Changes of Cain: Violence and the Lost Brother in Cain and Abel Literature
- Author
- Quinones, Ricardo J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0691068836
- ISBN 13
- 9780691068831
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Place of Publication
- Princeton, NJ
- Date Published
- 1991
- Size
- Large 8vo
- Keywords
- LITERARY CRITICISM BROTHERS IN LITERATURE BIBLICAL FIGURES CAIN IN FICTION VIOLENCE AND SACRIFICE IN LITERATURE CRITICISM AND INTERPRETATION
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERARY CRITICISM;
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