Joseph and Potiphar's wife in world literature

an anthology of the story of the chaste youth and the lustful stepmother.

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Joseph and Potiphar's wife in world literature

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English
Pages
310

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Table of 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)

Edition Notes

"Bibliographical notes": p. 305-310.

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Series
A New Directions book
Genre
Literary collections., Collections.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
808.8/03
Library of Congress
PN6071.A35 Y6

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Pagination
x, 310 p.
Number of pages
310

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OL5617107M
LCCN
68025550
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1688145

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