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Hospitality and Treachery in Western Literature by Heffernan
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ISBN: 0300195583
Author: Heffernan, James A. W.
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In works of Western literature ranging from Homers Odyssey to Albees Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf? the giving and taking of hospitality is sometimes pleasurable, but more often perilous. Heffernan traces this leitmotiv through the history of our greatest writings, including Christs Last Supper, Macbeths murder of his royal guest, and Camuss short story on French colonialism in Arab Algeria. By means of such examples and many more, this book considers what literary hosts, hostesses, and guests do to as well as for each other. In doing so, it shows how often treachery rends the fabric of trust that hospitality weaves.
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Hospitality and Treachery in Western Literature by Heffernan