The Changes of Cain: Violence and the Lost Brother in Cain and Abel Literature
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The Changes of Cain: Violence and the Lost Brother in Cain and Abel Literature
By (Author) Ricardo J. Quinones
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
23rd September 2014
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
809.93352
Winner of Conference on Christianity and Literature Book of the Year Award 1993
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Paperback
294
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
397g
Description
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 i
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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
