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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456441303321

Autore

Avsenik Nabergoj Irena <1969->

Titolo

Longing, weakness, and temptation [[electronic resource] ] : from myth to artistic creations / / by Irena Avsenik Nabergoj ; Jason Blake and Alenka Blake  (translators)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2009

ISBN

1-282-03586-X

9786612035869

1-4438-0428-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (333 p.)

Disciplina

809.894

Soggetti

Desire in literature

Temptation in literature

Bible and literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-298) and index.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; PART II; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; NOTES; INDEX OF NAMES; INDEX OF SUBJECTS

Sommario/riassunto

The themes of longing, weakness and temptation are relevant to every human and are interwoven with all fundamental ideals and values of the created, rational being. Temptation is all the more dramatic, the broader the perspective of recognition, the power of human longing and the sense of the difference between good and evil. This book is a summary of a study which compares and contrasts Slovenian and European literary works created under the influence of biblical source texts (Adam and Eve, ...