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Joseph in Egypt : a cultural icon from Grotius to Goethe
- Title
- Joseph in Egypt : a cultural icon from Grotius to Goethe / Bernhard Lang.
- Author
- Lang, Bernhard, 1946-
- Publication
- New Haven : Yale University Press, c2009.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 09-5535 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 392 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction. Joseph as a cultural icon in early-modern times -- Joseph in Genesis -- Post-biblical traditions -- The icon of piety : Joseph for children. On education -- A lesson in godliness : Lavater -- Starting life with Joseph : Goethe -- Appendix : Joseph portrayed : Trautmann -- The icon of chastity : the handsome Hebrew. On sexual morality -- Libertine libido : Mrs. Rowe -- Irresistible eros : Bodmer -- The triumph of chaste love : Fielding -- The icon of leadership : Joseph the statesman. On statecraft -- Civic humanist : Grotius -- Competent courtier : Zesen -- Hebrew Freemason : Albrecht -- Against the icon : radical readings. On historical criticism -- Despotic ruler : Morgan -- Tax collector : Voltaire -- The iconic text : a beautiful story. On literary criticism -- A conte philosophique : Voltaire -- The triumph of beauty : Chateaubriand.
- Call Number
- JFE 09-5535
- ISBN
- 9780300151565 (ci : alk. paper)
- 030015156X (ci : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2009013409
- OCLC
- YBP 2009013409
- Author
- Lang, Bernhard, 1946-
- Title
- Joseph in Egypt : a cultural icon from Grotius to Goethe / Bernhard Lang.
- Imprint
- New Haven : Yale University Press, c2009.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 09-5535