The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve / Stephen Greenblatt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Greenblatt, Stephen, 1943- author., author.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Stuart Curran-Joseph Wittreich Milton Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eve (Biblical figure).

Eve.

Adam (Biblical figure).

Adam.

Eden.

Fall of man.

Anthropology.

Penn Provenance:

Curran, Stuart A. (honoree) (Milton Collection copy)

Wittreich, Joseph Anthony (donor) (Milton Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[12], 419, [1] pages, [16] unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Distribution:

London : W. W. Norton & Company Ltd.,

Place of Publication:

New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2017]

Contents:

Prologue: In the House of Worship

1. Bare Bones

2. By the Waters of Babylon

3. Clay Tablets

4. The Life of Adam and Eve

5. In the Bathhouse

6. Original Freedom, Original Sin

7. Eve's Murder

8. Embodiments

9. Chastity and Its Discontents

10. The Politics of Paradise

11. Becoming Real

12. Men Before Adam

13. Falling Away

14. Darwin's Doubts

Epilogue: In the Forest of Eden.

Notes:

"Book design by Ellen Cipriano. Production manager: Anna Oler"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-391) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

BS1237.G74 2017 Milton Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Joseph A. Wittreich in honor of Stuart A. Curran, 2019 is "First Edition" with dust jacket retained. Text has underlines, marginal marks, and ms. annotations.

ISBN:

9780393240801

0393240800

OCLC:

971354359