Histories of the Devil: From Marlowe to Mann and the Manichees

by Jeremy Tambling

This book is about representations of the devil in English and European literature. Tracing the fascination in literature, philosophy, and theology with the irreducible presence of what may be called evil, or comedy, or the carnivalesque, this book surveys the parts played by the devil in the texts derived from the Faustus legend, looks at Marlowe and Shakespeare, Rabelais, Milton, Blake, Hoffmann, Baudelaire, Goethe, Dostoevsky, Bulgakov, and Mann,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137518316
• ISBN13: 9781137518316
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.3"