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Villains and Villainy : Embodiments of Evil in Literature, Popular Culture and Media.
This collection of essays explores the representations, incarnations and manifestations of evil when it is embodied in a particular villain or in an evil presence. All the essays contribute to showing how omnipresent yet vastly under-studied the phenomena of the villain and evil are. Together they c...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Editions Rodopi
2011.
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| Colección: | At the interface/probing the boundaries ;
v. 76. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This collection of essays explores the representations, incarnations and manifestations of evil when it is embodied in a particular villain or in an evil presence. All the essays contribute to showing how omnipresent yet vastly under-studied the phenomena of the villain and evil are. Together they confirm the importance of the continued study of villains and villainy in order to understand the premises behind the representation of evil, its internal localized logic, its historical contingency, and its specific conditions. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (225) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9789401206808 9401206805 1283250527 9781283250528 9786613250520 661325052X |