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Uses and Abuses of Moses

Literary Representations Since the Enlightenment

by Theodore Ziolkowski

  • Hardback
  • 360 pages
  • Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 2.1 cm

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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 has been exploited the uses and abuses of the title to serve a variety of ideological and cultural purposes. Ziolkowski s wide-ranging and in-depth study compares and analyzes the attempts by nearly one hundred writers to fill in the gaps in the biblical account of Moses life and to explain his motivation as a leader, lawgiver, and prophet. As Ziolkowski richly demonstrates, Moses image has been affected by historical factors such as the Egyptomania of the 1820s, the revolutionary movements of the mid-nineteenth century, the early move toward black liberation in the United States, and critical biblical scholarship of the late nineteenth century before, in the twentieth century, being appropriated by Marxists, Socialists, Nazis, and Freudians. The majority of the works studied are by Austro-German and Anglo-American writers, but Ziolkowski also includes significant examples of works from Hungary, Sweden, Norway, the Ukraine, Denmark, the Netherlands, Italy, and France. The figure of Moses becomes an animate seismograph, in Ziolkowski s words, through whose literary reception we can trace many of the shifts in the cultural landscape of the past two centuries. "With "Uses and Abuses of Moses: Literary Representations since the Enlightenment," Theodore Ziolkowski has delivered a magisterial account of the history of uses of Moses. Professor Ziolkowski is the preeminent interpreter of how the Bible has been received by and has shaped modern literature; this book demonstrates an encyclopedic breadth of vision as well as a concise and convincing assessment of significance. I can't think of any literary scholar who manages to combine so successfully a comprehensive view of a vast literary landscape, incisive judgment, and crisp, enjoyable prose." John Barbour, St. Olaf College "
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  • Author

    Theodore Ziolkowski

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    University of Notre Dame Press

  • Published

    March 2016

  • Weight

    659g

  • Page Count

    360

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 2.1 cm

  • ISBN

    9780268045029

  • ISBN-10

    026804502X

  • Eden Code

    4450151

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