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Adam's Curse: Reflections on Religion and Liter... 0268020094 Book Cover

Adam's Curse: Reflections on Religion and Liter...

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W. B. Yeats's poem "Adam's Curse" provides Donoghue with motif and incentive. In Genesis God says to Adam: "Because thou hast harkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for...

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Language:English
ISBN:0268020094
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Adam's Curse: Reflections on Religion and Liter... 0268159408 Book Cover

Adam's Curse: Reflections on Religion and Liter...

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Taking its title from a poem of William Butler Yeats, this collection of essays focuses on "Adam's Curse"--the burdens and harsh conditions that, as Denis Donoghue underscores throughout, make any human achievement difficult. As he says, those "conditions include at various...

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Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0268159408
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