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Hospitality and Treachery in Western Literature
James A. W. Heffernan
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Hospitality and Treachery in Western Literature
James A. W. Heffernan
In works of Western literature ranging from Homer's Odyssey to Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? This book traces this leitmotiv through the history of our greatest writings, including Christ's Last Supper, Macbeth's murder of his royal guest, and Camus' short story of French colonialism in Arab Algeria.
448 pages, 2 b&w illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | May 27, 2014 |
| ISBN13 | 9780300195583 |
| Publishers | Yale University Press |
| Pages | 440 |
| Dimensions | 162 × 241 × 28 mm · 750 g |
| Language | English |
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