Research Catalog

Title

Joseph and Potiphar's wife in world literature; an anthology of the story of the chaste youth and the lustful stepmother. Translated by various hands and edited with commentary by John D. Yohannan.

Author

Yohannan, John D.

Publication

[New York, New Directions Pub. Corp., 1968]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Laughlin, James, 1914-1997
• Huston, Gertrude, 1919-1998
• Yohannan, Catherine
• New Directions Publishing, publisher
• Javitch, Leila Laughlin, donor
• Javitch, Daniel, donor
• Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, former owner
• James Laughlin's library of New Directions imprints

Description

x, 310 p.; 22 cm.

Series Statement

• New Directions paperbook ; 262
• NDP262

Subject

• Potiphar's wife (Biblical figure) > Literary collections
• Joseph (Son of Jacob) > Literary collections
• Literature > Collections
• Adultery

Genre/Form

• Dust jackets – New York (State) – New York – 1968.
• Dust jackets (Binding). – New York (State) – United States – 20th century.

Note

• "A New Directions book" -- title page.
• "New Directions Books are published for James Laughlin by New Directions Publishing Corporation" -- title page verso.

Bibliography (note)

• "Bibliographical notes": p. 305-310.

Indexed In (note)

• Harrison, J.A. Published for James Laughlin

Binding (note)

• Copy in Berg Coll 22-2077 bound in publishers' blue green cloth over boards; with original dust jacket designed by Gertrude Huston.
• Copy in Berg Coll 22-2078 bound in publishers' paperback binding, cover designed by Gertrude Juston; back cover design by Catherine Yohanan.

Local note

• Copies in Berg Coll 22-2077 and 22-2078 acquired from Leila and Daniel Javitch, 2021.

Contents

Prologue in the ancient Near East; the archetypal folktale: "Anpu and Bata" (Egyptian).--Biblical narrative: Genesis 39 (Hebrew).--Classical drama: The Hippolytus of Euripides (Greek) The Phèdre of Jean Racine (French) The Phaedra of Kenneth Rexroth (American).--Moslem parable: "Yusuf," Chapter XII, Koran (Arabic) Yusuf and Zulaikha, a verse-novel, by Jami (Persian) "Potiphar's Wife," a poem by Sir Edwin Arnold (English).--Buddhist homily: "The eyes of Kunala," a moral tale (Indian) Gappo and his daughter Tsuji, a puppet play by Suga Sensuke (Japanese).--Medieval epic and fabliau: "Siyawush and Sudaba," from Firdausi's Shahnamah (Iranian) From the Book of the wiles of women; the frame story (Spanish).--Epilogue in twentieth century Europe: Thomas Mann's "Joseph" novels (German)

Call Number

D-19 3377

LCCN

68025550 //r96

OCLC

1493

Author

Yohannan, John D. Compiler

Title

Joseph and Potiphar's wife in world literature; an anthology of the story of the chaste youth and the lustful stepmother. Translated by various hands and edited with commentary by John D. Yohannan.

Imprint

[New York, New Directions Pub. Corp., 1968]

Series

New Directions paperbook ; 262

NDP262

Bibliography

"Bibliographical notes": p. 305-310.

Indexed In:

Harrison, J.A. Published for James Laughlin, page 71

Binding

Copy in Berg Coll 22-2077 bound in publishers' blue green cloth over boards; with original dust jacket designed by Gertrude Huston. NN

Copy in Berg Coll 22-2078 bound in publishers' paperback binding, cover designed by Gertrude Juston; back cover design by Catherine Yohanan. NN

Local Note

Copies in Berg Coll 22-2077 and 22-2078 acquired from Leila and Daniel Javitch, 2021.

Added Author

Yohannan, John D., editor.

Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, publisher.

Huston, Gertrude, 1919-1998, cover designer, bookjacket designer.

Yohannan, Catherine, cover designer,

New Directions Publishing, publisher.

Javitch, Leila Laughlin, donor.

Javitch, Daniel, donor.

Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, former owner.

James Laughlin's library of New Directions imprints.

Research Call Number

D-19 3377

Berg Coll 22-2077

Berg Coll 22-2078