Joseph and Potiphar's wife in world literature; an anthology of the story of the chaste youth and the lustful stepmother. / Translated by various hands and edited with commentary by John D. Yohannan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yohannan, John D., compiler.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

New Directions book

A New Directions book

Language:

English

Multiple languages

Subjects (All):

Potiphar's wife (Biblical figure)--Literary collections.

Potiphar's wife.

Joseph (Son of Jacob)--Literary collections.

Joseph.

Joseph (Son of Jacob).

Potiphar's wife (Biblical figure).

Literature--Collections.

Literature.

Adultery.

Genre:

Collections.

Literary collections.

Literature.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)

Physical Description:

x, 310 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

[New York] : [New Directions Pub. Corp.], [1968]

Contents:

Prologue in the ancient Near East; the archetypal folktale: "Anpu and Bata" (Egyptian)

Biblical narrative: Genesis 39 (Hebrew)

Classical drama: The Hippolytus of Euripides (Greek) The Phèdre of Jean Racine (French) The Phaedra of Kenneth Rexroth (American)

Moslem parable: "Yusuf," Chapter XII, Koran (Arabic) Yusuf and Zulaikha, a verse-novel, by Jami (Persian) "Potiphar's Wife," a poem by Sir Edwin Arnold (English)

Buddhist homily: "The eyes of Kunala," a moral tale (Indian) Gappo and his daughter Tsuji, a puppet play by Suga Sensuke (Japanese)

Medieval epic and fabliau: "Siyawush and Sudaba," from Firdausi's Shahnamah (Iranian) From the Book of the wiles of women; the frame story (Spanish)

Epilogue in twentieth century Europe: Thomas Mann's "Joseph" novels (German).

Notes:

"Bibliographical notes": pages 305-310.

Other Format:

Online version: Yohannan, John D. Joseph and Potiphar's wife in world literature.

OCLC:

1493