Bibliograph

The rise and fall of Adam and Eve, Stephen Greenblatt

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The rise and fall of Adam and Eve, Stephen Greenblatt

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [325]-391) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The rise and fall of Adam and Eve

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

971354359

Responsibility statement

Stephen Greenblatt

Summary

Stephen Greenblatt explores the enduring story of humanity's first parents. 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

Table Of Contents

Prologue: In the house of worship -- Bare bones -- By the waters of Babylon -- Clay tablets -- The life of Adam and Eve -- In the bathhouse -- Original freedom, original sin -- Eve' s murder -- Embodiments -- Chastity and its discontents -- The politics of paradise -- Becoming real -- Men before Adam -- Falling away -- Darwin's doubts -- Epilogue: In the forest of Eden

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