History of the Devil

From the Middle Ages to the Present

Inbunden, Engelska, 2003

AvRobert Muchembled

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This highly original and engaging book by French historian Robert Muchembled, is a journey through time and space in search of the changing perception and significance of the devil in Western culture. An outstanding book about the changing perception and significance of the devil in Western culture.Robert Muchembled is a well-known historian and an expert on witchcraft, whose work has already been translated into many languages.The author highlights the way that the changing notion of evil is connected to other changes in society at large.Draws on a wealth of examples, from the witch-hunts of the 15th and 16th centuries, to the films of Stanley Kubrick.

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Utgivningsdatum2003-10-31
Mått158 x 236 x 32 mm
Vikt644 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor360
FörlagJohn Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN9780745628158
ÖversättareBirrell, Jean

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Acknowledgements. Introduction: A Thousand Years Of The Devil.1. Satan Makes His Entry (Twelfth To Fifteenth Centuries):.Satan And The Myth Of Primordial Combat.Good And Bad Devils.Instilling Fear: The Diabolic Obsession At The End Of The Middle Ages.The Evil One And The Beast.2. The Night Of The Sabbath:.Heresy.From Waldensians To Witches.A Hammer To Crush The Witches.Satanic Nudity.The Triumph Of Demon-Mania.The Mark Of The Devil.3. The Devil In The Body:.The Magical Body.The Female Body.Monsters And Marvels.The Hell Of Sex.Towards A History Of The Senses: The Promotion Of Sight.Towards A History Of The Senses: The Demonising Of Smell.4. Satanic Literature And Tragic Culture (1550-1650):.The Fear Of Oneself.Devil Books In Protestant Germany.The Tragic Culture In France.Rosset, The Devil And The Rotting Corpse.Jean-Pierre Camus, Or The Spectacle Of Horror.Bloody Tales: The Devil In The News.The Baroque And Transgression.5. The Twilight Of The Devil, From Classicism To Romanticism:.Satan’s Final Apotheosis.The Fragmented Images Of Evil.A Disenchanted Devil.The Symbolic Transition: From Satan To Mephistopheles.The Contribution Of Fiction.Beelzebub In Love.6. The Demon Within (Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries):.Doctrinal Permanencies.Having Fun With The Devil: The Gothic Novel And The Frénétiques.The Rebel Angel Of The Satanists.The Children Of The Devil.The Diabolic Unconscious.Taming The Shadows.A Paper Devil?.7. Pleasure Or Terror. The Devil At The End Of The Second Millennium:.The Devil, Probably Prudent Exorcism.“Devilish Good”: Advertising, Beer And The Strip Cartoon.The Expressionist Devil: From The Golem To Dies Irae.The Film Noir: Horror, Suspense And Perversion.America’s Demons.Conclusion. Dancing With The Devil.Select Bibliography.Select List Of Films

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