The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve von Stephen Greenblatt

The Story that Created Us
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What is it about Adam and Eve's story that fascinates us? What does it tell us about how our species lives, dies, works or has sex?

The mythic tale of Adam and Eve has shaped conceptions of human origins and destiny for centuries. Stemming from a few verses in an ancient book, it became not just the foundation of three major world faiths, but has evolved through art, philosophy and science to serve as the mirror in which we seem to glimpse the whole, long history of our fears and desires.

In a quest that begins at the dawn of time, Stephen Greenblatt takes us from ancient Babylonia to the forests of east Africa. We meet evolutionary biologists and fossilised ancestors; we grapple with morality and marriage in Milton's Paradise Lost; and we decide if the Fall is the unvarnished truth or fictional allegory.

What is it about Adam and Eve's story that fascinates us? What does it tell us about how our species lives, dies, works or has sex?

The mythic tale of Adam and Eve has shaped conceptions of human origins and destiny for centuries. Stemming from a few verses in an ancient book, it became not just the foundation of three major world faiths, but has evolved through art, philosophy and science to serve as the mirror in which we seem to glimpse the whole, long history of our fears and desires.

In a quest that begins at the dawn of time, Stephen Greenblatt takes us from ancient Babylonia to the forests of east Africa. We meet evolutionary biologists and fossilised ancestors; we grapple with morality and marriage in Milton's Paradise Lost; and we decide if the Fall is the unvarnished truth or fictional allegory.

AutorGreenblatt, Stephen
EinbandKartonierter Einband (Kt)
Erscheinungsjahr2018
Seitenangabe432 S.
LieferstatusLieferbar in 24 Stunden
AusgabekennzeichenEnglisch
MasseH19.8 cm x B12.9 cm x D2.7 cm 321 g
CoverlagVintage (Imprint/Brand)
VerlagRandom House UK

Über den Autor Stephen Greenblatt

Stephen Greenblatt ist Professor für Englische und Amerikanische Literatur und Sprache an der Harvard Universität. Als führender Theoretiker des New Historicism ist er einer der angesehensten Forscher zu Shakespeares Werk sowie zu Kultur und Literatur in der Renaissance. Greenblatt ist Autor mehrerer Bücher, darunter die hochgelobte Shakespeare-Biographie »Will in der Welt« (2004). Für seine Arbeit erhielt er zahlreiche Preise. »Die Wende« (2012) ist ein internationaler Bestseller und wurde mit dem National Book Award und dem Pulitzerpreis ausgezeichnet.

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