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The demonic : literature and experience / / Ewan Fernie ; foreword by Jonathan Dollimore



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Autore: Fernie Ewan <1971-, > Visualizza persona
Titolo: The demonic : literature and experience / / Ewan Fernie ; foreword by Jonathan Dollimore Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (337 p.)
Disciplina: 809/.9337
Soggetto topico: Demonology in literature
Devil in literature
Demoniac possession in literature
Sex in literature
Desire in literature
Literature - History and criticism
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Demonic negativity -- pt. 2. Turnabout and dialectic -- pt. 3. Possession.
Sommario/riassunto: Are we either good or bad, and do we really know the difference? Why do we want what we cannot have, and even to be what we’re not? Can we desire others without wanting to possess them? Can we open to others and not risk possession ourselves? And where, in these cases, do we draw the line?Ewan Fernie argues that the demonic tradition in literature offers a key to our most agonised and intimate experiences. The Demonic ranges across the breadth of Western culture, engaging with writers as central and various as Luther, Shakespeare, Hegel, Dostoevsky, Melville and Mann.A powerful foreword by Jonathan Dollimore brings out its implications as an intellectual and stylistic breakthrough into new ways of writing criticism. Fernie unfolds an intense and personal vision, not just of Western modernity, but of identity, morality and sex. As much as it’s concerned with the great works, this is a book about life.
Titolo autorizzato: The demonic  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-136-17857-0
1-136-17858-9
0-203-08230-3
1-299-15690-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910779320403321
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