Ziegler Satanism, Magic and Mysticism in Fin-de-siècle France

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-137-00661-5
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 229 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic

An interdisciplinary study of the supernatural and the occult in fin-de-siècle France (1870-1914), the present volume examines the explosion of interest in devil-worship, magic and mysticism both from an historical perspective and through analysis of key literary works of the period.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ziegler, R.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface The Satanist The Hoaxer The Magus The Mystic The Miracle-worker Conclusion Notes References Index

Über Autor(innen)

ROBERT ZIEGLER is professor of Liberal Studies at Montana Tech, USA. He has published widely on turn-of-the century French literature and French Decadence, and is the author of four books on the fin de siècle: Beauty Raises the Dead (2001), selected as a Choice outstanding academic book, The Mirror of Divinity: The World and Creation in J.-K. Huysmans (2004), The Nothing Machine: The Fiction of Octave Mirbeau (2007), and Asymptote: An Approach to Decadent Fiction (2009).