Lilith (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. A Nineteenth-Century Poetic Retelling of the First Woman, Edenic Exile, and Feminist Biblical MythBy Ada Langworthy Collier
Length1h 43m
About this audiobook
Ada Langworthy Collier's Lilith: The Legend of the First Woman is a learned nineteenth-century poetic reimagining of the apocryphal figure who, in rabbinic and folkloric tradition, precedes Eve. Written in elevated, Miltonic blank verse, the work transforms a marginal demonological legend into a tragic meditation on pride, desire, exile, and female autonomy. Situated within Victorian and American Romantic engagements with biblical myth, it belongs to a broader era of scriptural revision in which inherited narratives were tested against modern moral and psychological concerns. Collier, an American writer from Iowa, was intellectually formed in a culture where women's education, authorship, and public voice were increasingly debated. Her choice of Lilith is therefore significant: the legend offered a powerful vehicle for exploring the costs of rebellion and the constraints placed upon women within theological and social orders. Collier's literary ambition and command of classical-biblical diction reveal an author seeking to enter serious poetic discourse. Readers interested in feminist literary history, biblical reception, and nineteenth-century narrative poetry will find Lilith richly rewarding. It is both a product of its age and a strikingly prescient work, giving imaginative dignity to a figure long treated as monstrous.
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Audiobook details
GenrePoetry
Length1 hr 43 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 9, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Lilith (Annotated)
6BOOK III.
2PREFACE.
7BOOK IV.
3TO VALERIA.
8BOOK V.
4BOOK I.
9Memorable Quotes
5BOOK II.
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