Rebels with a cause
Subtitle: Adam and Eve in modern Spanish literature
By: Bruce A. Boggs.
Series: Ibérica,; vol. 24; Ibérica (New York, N.Y.) ;; v. 24.
Publisher: P. Lang; Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 130
Subjects: Adam (Biblical figure) -- In literature.; Eve (Biblical figure) -- In literature.; Spanish literature -- Classical period, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism.; Spanish literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism.; Spanish literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.; Myth in literature.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [117]-126) and index.