Demon-Lovers and Their Victims in British Fiction /

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The hero of the story is a demonic lover -- dark, handsome, mysterious, and dangerously seductive. The heroine -- beautiful, and innocent -- willingly becomes his victim and is destroyed by him. This story of demon-lover and victim, always charged with passion, has been told over and over, from Gree...

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Main Author: Reed, Toni, 1944-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, [1988]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Women in literature.
Victims in literature.
Sex in literature.
Seduction in literature.
Good and evil in literature.
English fiction.
Demonology in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Seduction dans la litterature.
Demonologie dans la litterature.
Sexualite dans la litterature.
Mal dans la litterature.
Femmes dans la litterature.
Victimes dans la litterature.
Roman anglais > Histoire et critique.
English fiction > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:The hero of the story is a demonic lover -- dark, handsome, mysterious, and dangerously seductive. The heroine -- beautiful, and innocent -- willingly becomes his victim and is destroyed by him. This story of demon-lover and victim, always charged with passion, has been told over and over, from Greek mythology through contemporary fiction and films. Demon-Lovers and Their Victims in British Fiction is the first historical and structural exploration of the demon-lover motif, with emphasis on major works of British fiction from the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries; it will interes.
Physical Description:1 online resource (182 pages).
ISBN:9780813150499

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