Histories of the Devil
From Marlowe to Mann and the Manichees
1st Edition
Published on 7. February 2017
XVII, 308 pages
978-1-137-51832-3 (ISBN)
Description
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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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
XVII, 308 p. 2 illus.
File size
14,08 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-137-51832-3 (9781137518323)
DOI
10.1057/978-1-137-51832-3
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
02/2017
Palgrave Macmillan
€128.39
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Person
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.
Content
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.
