Rebels with a cause : Adam and Eve in modern Spanish literature / Bruce A. Boggs. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boggs, Bruce A.

Series:

Ibérica (New York, N.Y.) ; vol. 24.

Ibérica, 1056-5000 ; vol. 24

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adam (Biblical figure)--In literature.

Adam.

Eve (Biblical figure)--In literature.

Eve.

Spanish literature--Classical period, 1500-1700--History and criticism.

Spanish literature.

Spanish literature--18th century--History and criticism.

Spanish literature--19th century--History and criticism.

Myth in literature.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 130 p. )

Place of Publication:

New York : P. Lang, c1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From the sixteenth to the nineteenth century, some of Spain's most renown literary figures produced literary re-creations of one of the world's most enigmatic and fascinating stories: the tale of Adam and Eve in Paradise. The present study focuses on the history of this ancient narrative and its nature as cultural myth whose content is deemed essential to society.

Using recent theories in the study of mythography, the relationship between the "Adamic" myth and Spanish society is explored in the works of individual Spanish authors.

Contents:

Ch. 1. From Mythological Character to Biblical Symbol. The Jahwist Text and Remnants of Lost Traditions. Adam, Eve, Evil, and Original Sin

Ch. 2. Adam and Eve in the Spanish Dramatic Tradition. The Auto Sacramental. The Comedia Nueva

Ch. 3. The Aesthetics of Paradise Lost and the Defense of Creation. Lista's La inocencia perdida. Reinoso's La inocencia perdida. La caida de Adan

Ch. 4. El diablo mundo and the Subversion of the Adamic Myth.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [117]-126) and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph