NDLI: Cain’s Marke: N-Town’s Noah and the Lamech Interlude Reconsidered

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Eyler, Joshua R.
Copyright Year	2009
Abstract	The placement of Cain’s death into the middle of the N-Town Noah pageant has long intrigued readers of this English mystery cycle. Scholars have often focused on the role played by Cain’s murderer Lamech, though, instead of the slain villain himself, and these researchers have used the figure of Lamech to argue for the scene’s significance. This essay contends that we should once again place Cain at the center of the play’s meaning by exploring his role in several of the N-Town pageants. Following Martin Stevens’s theories about the cycle, this paper claims that Cain’s various appearances help to construct a commentary on repentance that is essential for developing a holistic reading of the N-Town cycle.
Starting Page	353
Ending Page	362
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00282677
Journal	Neophilologus
Volume Number	94
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	15728668
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2009-12-30
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Cain Lamech Martin Stevens N-Town cycle Noah pageant Syntax Comparative Literature Philology Comparative Linguistics Historical Linguistics
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Linguistics and Language Literature and Literary Theory

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Cain’s Marke: N-Town’s Noah and the Lamech Interlude Reconsidered