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Histories of the Devil
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From Marlowe to Mann and the Manichees
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Artikel-Nr:
9781137518323
Veröffentl:
2017
Einband:
eBook
Seiten:
308
Autor:
Jeremy Tambling
eBook Typ:
PDF
eBook Format:
Reflowable eBook
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Digital Watermark [Social-DRM]
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
This book is about representations of the devil in English and European literature. Tracing the fascination in literature, philosophy, and theology with the irreducible presence of what may be called evil, or comedy, or the carnivalesque, this book surveys the parts played by the devil in the texts derived from the Faustus legend, looks at Marlowe and Shakespeare, Rabelais, Milton, Blake, Hoffmann, Baudelaire, Goethe, Dostoevsky, Bulgakov, and Mann, historically, speculatively, and from the standpoint of critical theory. It asks: Is there a single meaning to be assigned to the idea of the diabolical? What value lies in thinking diabolically? Is it still the definition of a good poet to be of the devil's party, as Blake argued?
This book is about representations of the devil in English and European literature. Tracing the fascination in literature, philosophy, and theology with the irreducible presence of what may be called evil, or comedy, or the carnivalesque, this book surveys the parts played by the devil in the texts derived from the Faustus legend, looks at Marlowe and Shakespeare, Rabelais, Milton, Blake, Hoffmann, Baudelaire, Goethe, Dostoevsky, Bulgakov, and Mann, historically, speculatively, and from the standpoint of critical theory. It asks: Is there a single meaning to be assigned to the idea of the diabolical? What value lies in thinking diabolically? Is it still the definition of a good poet to be of the devil's party, as Blake argued?
Introduction: Literature and Manicheeism.- Chapter 1: ‘The Tempter or the Tempted, Who Sins Most?'.- Chapter 2: Medieval and Early Modern Devils: Names and Images.- Chapter 3: From Carnival toKing Lear: Ships, Dogs, Fools, and thePicaro.- Chapter 4: Fallen Fire: Job, Milton, and Blake.- Chapter 5: Masks, Doubles, and Nihilism.- Chapter 6: Goethe:Faust and Modernity.- Chapter 7: Dostoevsky: Murder and Suicide.- Chapter 8: Bulgakov, Mann, Adorno, and Rushdie.