Rebels with a cause : Adam and Eve in modern Spanish literature / [electronic resource]
Boggs, Bruce A.
New York : P. Lang,
c1998.
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [117]-126) and index.

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.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Adam (Biblical figure)
Eve (Biblical figure)
Spanish literature
Spanish literature
Spanish literature
Myth in literature.
Spanish literature
Spanish literature
Spanish literature
Myth in literature
Romance Literatures
Languages & Literatures
Spanish Literature