Sin's Multifaceted Aspects in Literary Texts
1st Edition
Published on 14. May 2018
140 pages
978-3-8470-0852-1 (ISBN)
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Within art, society, culture, philosophy, literature and many other spheres, a constant issue being dealt with is that of sin. Reevaluation of this concept has proceeded down varied stimulating paths in relation to the multidisciplinary appraisal, although philosophical aesthetic and epistemic emphases commonly reflect issues present in literature. In certain instances, texts clearly refer to sin, while in other it is more of an ambiguous and obscured notion. Alongside the established understanding of sin, discourse, poetry and novels have responded to sin variously, due to the blossoming of ideas. French, American and British literature's responses to the notion of sin will be investigated through the academic studies included in this volume.
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Prof Dr Paola Partenza is an Associate Professor of English Literature at the University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy. Among the many authors to whom she has devoted essays are William Godwin, Mary Hays, Mary Wollstonecraft, Jane Austen, Elizabeth Gaskell, Charles Dickens, Christina Georgina Rossetti, Alfred Tennyson, T. S. Eliot, Shakespeare and Andrew Marvell.
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Prof Dr Paola Partenza is an Associate Professor of English Literature at the University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy. Among the many authors to whom she has devoted essays are William Godwin, Mary Hays, Mary Wollstonecraft, Jane Austen, Elizabeth Gaskell, Charles Dickens, Christina Georgina Rossetti, Alfred Tennyson, T. S. Eliot, Shakespeare and Andrew Marvell.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Body
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: The Concept of Sin in British, French, and American Literary Texts from XVI to XIX Century
- Igor Djordjevic: "The breath of kings" and "the pleasure of dying": Political "Sin" and Theatrical Redemption in Eikon Basilike
- "Keep me from the strife of tongues"
- "Loyal injuries" and "good intentions"
- "Speak me fair in death"
- Imitatio Christi
- "Sad stories of the death of kings"
- Crowns - paper and incorruptible
- "Remember"
- Margarete Rubik: Scoffing at Sin: Aphra Behn, Restoration Culture and the Concepts of Sin and Guilt
- Restoration free-thinking
- Aphra Behn's religious scepticism
- Methods of scoffing at sin in Behn's works
- Libertine ethics
- Religious denominations and political factions
- John F. Maune: Godded Coriolanus: Warrior Savior
- Introduction
- The worst deadly sin and the chiefest virtue
- The seven deadly sins
- Proud me no prouds
- Coriolanus the Christ
- Discussion
- Ibrahim A. El-Hussari: Sense of Guilt: A Freudian Approach to Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness
- The story
- Sin and guilt: a review
- A Freudian approach to sin and guilt
- A Freudian analysis of sin and guilt in Heart of Darkness
- A) The double journey
- B) The double voice
- C) Other voices from the tale
- The last scene
- Conclusion
- Renu Josan: Contours of Morality: A Critical Study of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter
- Introduction
- What is morality
- Outline and setting of the novel
- Chillingworth
- Dimmesdale
- Hester
- Conclusion
- Eloïse Sureau-Hale: Parodies and Perversions: A Study of the Various Forms of Transgression in Maldoror
- Introduction
- Transgression of content: challenging accepted beliefs
- Lost in translation: perverting the original
- Transgressions of narration: undermining the act of reading
- Conclusion
- Paola Partenza: "Our failures are errors not crimes": The Concept of Sin in The Nemesis of Faith by James Anthony Froude
- Introduction
- "This faithless age". Provocative perspectives
- "A thorny road". Sutherland's growing doubt
- "Confessions of a Sceptic". Markham Sutherland's relativist position
- Conclusion
- Notes on Contributors
- Bibliography
- Index of Names
- Leere Seite
