Histories of the Devil

From Marlowe to Mann and the Manichees
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-137-51831-6
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 308 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 5257 g

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?

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tambling, Jeremy

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Stoffe, Motive und Themen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

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.