LEADER 03658nam 2200709 a 450 001 9910820443703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-73497-7 010 $a9786611734978 010 $a0-300-13520-3 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300135206 035 $a(CKB)1000000000473625 035 $a(StDuBDS)BDZ0022171516 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000246176 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11186310 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000246176 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10180217 035 $a(PQKB)11519370 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000165572 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420385 035 $a(DE-B1597)485568 035 $a(OCoLC)1024006715 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300135206 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420385 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10210268 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL173497 035 $a(OCoLC)923592789 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000473625 100 $a20060706d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSin and evil $emoral values in literature /$fRonald Paulson 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew Haven [CT] $cYale University Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (1 online resource (xvi, 403 p.) )$cill 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-300-12014-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aEvil, sin, and wrongdoing -- Classical and Christian equivalents of sin and evil -- Sin and evil redefined: the enlightenment -- Sin/evil and the law: the novel -- The demonizing of sin -- Demonic and banal evil -- The original evil and the original sin -- Modern sin and evil. 330 $aThe confusion of sin and evil, or religious and moral transgression, is the subject of Ronald Paulson's latest book. He calls attention to the important distinction between sin and Evil (with a capital E) that in our times is largely ignored, and to the further confusion caused by the term "moral values." Ranging widely through the history of Western literature, Paulson focuses particularly on American and English works of the eighteenth through twentieth centuries to discover how questions of evil and sin-and evil and sinful behavior-have been discussed and represented.The breadth of Paulson's discussion is enormous, taking the reader from Greek and Roman tragedy, to Christian satire in the work of Swift and Hogarth, to Hawthorne's and Melville's novels, and finally to twentieth-century studies of good and evil by such authors as James, Conrad, Faulkner, Greene, Heller, Vonnegut, and O'Brien. Where does evil come from? What are "moral values"? If evil is a cultural construct, what does that imply? Paulson's literary tour of sin and evil over the past two hundred years provides not only a historical perspective but also new ways of thinking about important issues that characterize our own era of violence, intolerance, and war. 606 $aEvil in literature 606 $aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAmerican literature$xHistory and criticism 606 $aSin in literature 606 $aReligion in literature 615 0$aEvil in literature. 615 0$aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAmerican literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aSin in literature. 615 0$aReligion in literature. 676 $a820.9/38 700 $aPaulson$b Ronald$0132013 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910820443703321 996 $aSin and evil$93941235 997 $aUNINA