Lot's daughters : sex, redemption, and women's quest for authority / Robert M. Polhemus.

Author/creator Polhemus, Robert M.
Format Book
Publication InfoStanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2005.
Descriptionxiv, 432 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
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Subjects

Contents Telling examples: the growing authority of Lot's daughters -- Faithful interpretations: Lot and his daughters from the Bible to the reformation -- A family museum: visions of Lot and his daughters -- Embracing the daughter: the riddle of Lot, Shakespeare, and the English heritage -- Reflections from the cave: Jane Austen's Mansfield Park and Mary Shelley's Mathilda -- The cave and the mask: the Brontës -- The maiden tribute: Lot's daughters through the Victorian looking-glass -- The Lot of Dora and Freud -- Shirley Temple: the daughter as childstar -- Woody Allen and Mia Farrow: Lot in the era of deconstruction -- Complex darkness: Carolivia Herron's thereafter Johnnie -- The impeachment of Lot: the Clintons, Lewinsky, and Tripp.
Local noteLittle-344222--305131050298.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 399-418) and index.
LCCN 2004019649
ISBN0804750513 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780804750516 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0804750521 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780804750523 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks HQ755.86 .P64 2005 ✔ Available Place Hold