Uses and Abuses of Moses: Literary Representations Since the Enlightenment

by Theodore Ziolkowski

In Uses and Abuses of Moses, Theodore Ziolkowski surveys the major literary treatments of the biblical figure of Moses since the Enlightenment. Beginning with the influential treatments by Schiller and Goethe, for whom Moses was, respectively, a member of a mystery cult and a violent murderer, Ziolkowski examines an impressive array of dramas, poems, operas, novels, and films to show the many ways in which the charismatic figure of Moses...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 026804502X
• ISBN13: 9780268045029
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"