LEADER 03712nam 22006255 450 001 9910815099103321 005 20230205051329.0 010 $a1-4426-2513-9 010 $a1-4426-2512-0 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442625129 035 $a(CKB)3710000000645352 035 $a(EBL)4515661 035 $a(OCoLC)950464980 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4669670 035 $a(OOCEL)451348 035 $a(OCoLC)946999887 035 $a(CaBNVSL)kck00236685 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4515661 035 $a(DE-B1597)498437 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442625129 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_107160 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000645352 100 $a20191221d2018 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu---unuuu 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBabylon Under Western Eyes $eA Study of Allusion and Myth /$fAndrew Scheil 210 1$aToronto : $cUniversity of Toronto Press, $d[2018] 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (360 pages) 311 $a1-4426-3733-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- Part I: Babylon as Political Metaphor. Chapter One: The Political Image of Babylon in Antiquity -- Chapter Two: Political Babylon in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages -- Chapter Three: Political Babylon from the Great Schism to the Present -- Part II: Babylon as Degenerate Archetype. Chapter Four: The Medieval Genealogy of Babylonian Degeneracy: The Cursed Race -- Chapter Five: The Post-Medieval Genealogy of Babylonian Degeneracy and the Cursed Race Archetype -- Part III: Babylon as Sublime Topos. Chapter Six: City of Ruins -- Chapter Seven: Babylon and the Coordinates of Romance -- Conclusion. 330 $a"Combining remarkable erudition with a clear and accessible style, Babylon under Western Eyes is the first comprehensive examination of Babylon's significance within the pantheon of western literature and a testimonial to the continuing influence of biblical, classical, and medieval paradigms in modern culture."--$cProvided by publisher. 330 $a"Babylon under Western Eyes examines the mythic legacy of ancient Babylon, the Near Eastern city which has served western culture as a metaphor for power, luxury, and exotic magnificence for more than two thousand years. Sifting through the many references to Babylon in biblical, classical, medieval, and modern texts, Andrew Scheil uses Babylon's remarkable literary ubiquity as the foundation for a thorough analysis of the dynamics of adaptation and allusion in western literature. Touching on everything from Old English poetry to the contemporary apocalyptic fiction of the "Left Behind" series, Scheil outlines how medieval Christian society and its cultural successors have adopted Babylon as a political metaphor, a degenerate archetype, and a place associated with the sublime."--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aEuropean literature$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAllusions in literature 606 $aMythology in literature 606 $aPopular culture in literature 607 $aBabylon (Extinct city)$xIn literature 608 $aLibros electronicos. 615 0$aEuropean literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAllusions in literature. 615 0$aMythology in literature. 615 0$aPopular culture in literature. 676 $a809.9332355 700 $aScheil$b Andrew , $4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut.$01711730 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815099103321 996 $aBabylon Under Western Eyes$94103274 997 $aUNINA