Facing the fiend : Satan as a literary character /

With the preponderance of visual imagery in our late modern period, why is it the literary Satan keeps emerging? And what can the literary figure of Satan contribute to the understanding of evil? Eva Marta Baillie argues that the literary is the only means by which Satan can survive, and that as a r...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Baillie, Eva Marta (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge : The Lutterworth Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Devil in literature.
Devil > History of doctrines.
Divination > History.
Démon dans la littérature.
Démon > Histoire des doctrines.
Divination > Histoire.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
RELIGION > Christian Theology > Angelology & Demonology.
Devil > History of doctrines
Devil in literature
Divination
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Setting the Stage The Birth of a Character
  • Part One: The Dwelling Place of Satan
  • Is Satan Evil?
  • Satan's Biography
  • Satan in Story and Myth
  • Satan and the Written Word
  • Part Two: Satanic Characters
  • The Restless Wanderer
  • The Tormented Shadow
  • The Zeroing Zero
  • The Creative Eliminator
  • The Stumbling Block
  • The Transgressor
  • Conclusion: Satan's Salvation or the Redemption Lies in the Text.

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