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Histories of the Devil: From Marlowe to Mann and the Manichees

Autor Jeremy Tambling
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 28 feb 2017
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?
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781137518316
ISBN-10: 1137518316
Pagini: 264
Ilustrații: XVII, 308 p. 2 illus.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2016
Editura: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Cuprins

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 to King Lear: Ships, Dogs, Fools, and the Picaro.- 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.


Notă biografică

Jeremy Tambling retired from Professorships in Literature first in Hong Kong and then in Manchester, UK, and now works as an independent scholar and critic.

Textul de pe ultima copertă

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?

Caracteristici

Examines one of the most ubiquitous and mysterious figures in fiction Looks at a wide variety of writers, from Chaucer to Goethe Appeals to cultural historians and religion scholars as well as literature scholars