1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910795488503321

Autore

Ruys Juanita Feros

Titolo

Demons in the Middle Ages / / by Juanita Feros Ruys [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bradford : , : Arc Humanities Press, , 2017

ISBN

1-64189-904-2

1-942401-27-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (121 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Past imperfect series

Disciplina

235/.40902

Soggetti

Demonology - Europe - History - To 1500

Church history - Middle Ages, 600-1500

Demonology - History of doctrines - Middle Ages, 600-1500

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Jan 2021).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Demons in the desert -- Demons in the cloisters -- Demons in the schoolroom -- Demons in the world.

Sommario/riassunto

The medieval world was full of malicious demons: fallen angels commissioned to tempt humans away from God. From demons disguised as beautiful women to demons that took frightening animal-like forms, this book explores the history of thought about demons: what they were, what they could and could not do, and how they affected human lives. It considers the debates, stories, and writing that eventually gave shape to the witchcraze of the early modern period.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786195403321

Autore

Peterson Christopher <1972->

Titolo

Bestial traces [[electronic resource] ] : race, sexuality, animality / / Christopher Peterson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Fordham University Press, 2013

ISBN

0-8232-4521-7

0-8232-5260-4

0-8232-5058-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 200 p. )

Disciplina

810.9/353

Soggetti

American literature - 19th century - History and criticism

American literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Philosophical anthropology in literature

Other (Philosophy) in literature

Race in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Aping apes: Edgar Allan Poe's "The murders in the Rue Morgue" and Richard Wright's Native son -- Slavery's bestiary: Joel Chandler Harris's Uncle Remus tales -- Autoimmunity and ante-racism: Philip Roth's The human stain -- Ashamed of shame: J.M. Coetzee's Disgrace.

Sommario/riassunto

In contemporary race and sexuality studies, the topic of animality emerges almost exclusively in order to index the dehumanization that makes discrimination possible. 'Bestial Traces' argues that a more fundamental disavowal of human animality conditions the bestialization of racial and sexual minorities.