Cain
Subtitle: a dramatic mystery in three acts
By: by Lord Byron; translated into French verse and refuted in a series of philosophical and critical remarks preceded by a letter addressed to Lord Byron upon the motives and the purpose of this work, by Fabre d'Olivet, MDCCCXXIII; done into English by Nayán Louise Redfield.
Contributors: Redfield, Nayán Louise, tr.
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's sons
Published: 1923
Place of publication: New York & London
Language: eng; fre
Number of pages: 265
Subjects: Fabre d'Olivet, Antoine, 1767-1825
Description: Byron's retelling of the Biblical tale of Cain's murder of his brother, Abel; Cain and Lucifer, here, are portrayed in a more positive light. The play is followed by Fabre d'Olivet's condemnation and argumentation against the theology espoused in Byron's play.