Literature and Evil

Reducere. In this study, Michael Hundley explores the diverse deities of ancient Near Eastern and biblical literature, from deified doors and diseases to the...

The "century of trauma" produced writing at once saturated in political violence and complicated by the ethics of aesthetic representation. Stretch...

Incorporates sources from philosophy, criminology, psychology, and history to argue that Dostoevsky's thinking about punishment was shaped not only...

Focusing on the traits and types of guises usually associated with the ""bitch"" character in literature (evil stepmothers, village gossips, sinful...

Evil - along with its incarnation in human form, the psychopath - remains underexamined in the psychological and psychoanalytic literature. Given c...

Examines JM Coetzee's writings about Elizabeth Costello, and the ways in which philosophers have responded to them. This book considers the relatio...

Reducere. The first anthology of Jewish mythology in English, Tree of Souls reveals a mythical tradition as rich and as fascinating as any in the world. Draw...

Of all the issues in the philosophy of religion, the problem of reconciling belief in God with evil in the world arguably commands more attention t...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. As the popularity of William Bennett's Book of Virtues attests, parents are turning more and more to children's literature to help instill values i...

The Malleus Maleficarum, first published in 1486-7, is the standard medieval text on witchcraft and it remained in print throughout the early moder...

Reducere. The thirteenth and penultimate novel by Charles Dickens, "Great Expectations" chronicles the education of Pip, an orphan living in mid-nineteenth c...

Reducere. Violence and the Sacred is Ren Girard's landmark study of human evil. Here Girard explores violence as it is represented and occurs throughout hist...

Reducere. Father Brown explains: "You see, I murdered them all myself... I planned out each of the crimes very carefully. I thought out exactly how a thing l...

Reducere. This collection of eighteen short tales, a novelette and a short novel takes the reader inside the dark imagination of Elizabeth Engstrom, author o...

One of the towering figures of world literature, Goethe has never held quite as prominent a place in the English-speaking world as he deserves. Thi...

Reducere. Get out your trusty broadsword and your masculinity, and return with us to the glory days of old-time Sword & Sorcery fiction. Sure, it's not "fine...

Contributor(s): Author: William BuckIntroduction by: B. A. van NootenIllustrator: Shirley TriestFew works in world literature have inspired so vast...

Reducere. Innovative film and theater director, radio producer, actor, writer, painter, narrator, and magician, Orson Welles (1915-1985) was the last true Re...

Reducere. For many centuries philosophers have been discussing the problem of evil - one of the greatest problems of intellectual history. There are many fac...

Patricia Wildman, the daughter of the world-renowned adventurer and crimefighter of the 1930s and '40s, Dr. James Clarke "Doc" Wildman, is all alon...

Reducere. This collection of eighteen short tales, a novelette and a short novel takes the reader inside the dark imagination of Elizabeth Engstrom, author o...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Incubus and Succubus are the same creature. The incubus is its male shape, seducing women. The succubus or succuba visits men, causi...

Reducere. Do you want to read Crime and Punishment? If so then keep reading...One of the supreme masterpieces of world literature, Crime and Punishment catap...

Violence and the Sacred is René Girard's landmark study of human evil. Here Girard explores violence as it is represented and occurs throughout his...

Reducere. "Llamadme Ismael" es una de las primeras frases más recordadas en la historia de la literatura. Así comienza Moby Dick, la gran obra maestra de Her...

Reducere. The adventures of Huon of Bordeaux have been perennial favorites since their first appearance in the thirteenth century as a French chanson de gest...

Reducere. Often referred to as the "Iliad" of medieval Japanese literature, "The Tale of the Heike" is the epic 14th-century story of the struggle between th...

Reducere. Theory of Religion brings to philosophy what Bataille's earlier book, The Accursed Share, brought to anthropology and history; namely, an analysis ...

Reducere. Beowulf is one of the most important works of Old English literature. This epic poem is believed to have been composed between 700 and 750, its aut...

Reducere. DescriptionWhat exactly is goodness? Where is it found in the literary imagination? Toni Morrison, one of American letters' greatest voices, ponder...

This book provides the much-needed, no-nonsense guidance crucial for project managers - that is, the type of guidance that is missing from every ma...

Reducere. In this volume, Richard J. Clifford seeks to make the biblical wisdom literature intelligible to modern readers. It is easy to quote the occasional...

Reducere. The Devil, Satan, Lucifer, Mephistopheles - throughout history the Prince of Darkness, the Western world's most powerful symbol of evil, has taken ...

Even when Big Red was little, he had no shortage of daring adventures. Join Hellboy creator Mike Mignola as he teams with writer Tom Sniegoski, art...

Reducere. As a scholar and teacher of literature at Oxford, Lewis confronted many questions: Aren't all religions just humanly invented myths?Doesn't evil in...

A devoted fascist changes her mind and her life after witnessing the horrors of the HolocaustFirst published in Italy in 1979, Luce D'Eramo's Devia...

Reducere. DescriptionIt: Chapter Two--soon to be a major motion picture in 2019 Stephen King's terrifying, classic #1 New York Times bestseller, "a landmark ...

There's a war going on . . . and you have what it takes to win. Christians are engaged in a cosmic war between good and evil, a war waged on many f...

DescriptionThis account of evil takes the Book of Job as its guide. The Book of Job considers physical pain, social bereavement, the origin of evil...

Reducere. DescriptionI may be the villain of the story, but at least I get a leading role. Evil is a term thrown around history and literature as if it's som...

Reducere. This anthology argues for the serious study of the literary oeuvre of Anne Rice, a major figure in today's popular literature. The essays assert th...

Reducere. Belial as an evil spirit appears in a number of sources, from the Bible and Jewish apocryphal literature to modern Satanism. He is believed to be t...

Reducere. The victim of a miscarriage of justice, the Count of Monte Cristo is fired by a desire for retribution and empowered by a stroke of providence. In ...

An elegant translation of the beloved epic tale of Prince Rama Few works of literature have inspired so vast an audience across so many radically d...

Reducere. Perfect for fans of Wing & Claw, this must-have middle grade novel is from We Need Diverse Books cofounder Ellen Oh "Filled with strange terrains, ...

Reducere. Angelic visitations. Visions of heaven. Encounters with the forces of evil. And insight into the End of Days. The Apocalypse of Abraham is a classi...

Reducere. Following in the apocalyptic visions of Daniel, Ezekiel, and Revelation, The War Scroll reveals the conflict between good and evil in the final day...

Reducere. Award NameBram Stoker AwardsAward categoryNonfictionThe phenomenally popular Book of Lists series has sold millions of copies from coast to coast, ...

Reducere. A distinctive voice somewhere between Mark Twain and Michel Montaigne is how Psychology Today described A.C. Grayling. In Life, Sex, and Ideas: The...

Reducere. What is an Egyptian pyramid doing on the U. S. dollar bill? Did a pharaoh inspire Moses to worship one God? What's a Canaanite demoness doing at a ...

Reducere. DescriptionAgus Pianola is really worried: The evil Dr. Brot has hatched a cunning plan to take away Christmas from the world forever. Agus and his...

Reducere. An engaging and unabashedly opinionated examination of what translation is and isn't.For some, translation is the poor cousin of literature, a nece...

Reducere. In remembrance of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and the Nazi concentration camps, this award-winning, bestselling work of Hol...

Reducere. Conveys the mysteries of trauma in a way that is unsurpassed in the literature ... This is the most important book on the subject to come out in th...

Reducere. "Call me Ishmael."Thus begins one of the most famous journeys in literature--the voyage of the whaling ship Pequod and its embattled, monomaniacal ...

Reducere. The poetical masterpiece that confronts the inexplicable mystery of good and evil can be a companion on your own spiritual journey.The book of Job,...

Reducere. Why can't we look away?Whether we admit it or not, we're fascinated by evil. Dark fantasies, morbid curiosities, Schadenfreude: as conventional wis...

Thrillingly tells the story of an Eastern European Jew's flight from the Holocaust and the years he spent fighting in the French underground." --US...

Bats have been maligned in the West for centuries. Unfair associations with demons have seen their leathery wings adorn numerous evil characters, f...

Reducere. There Is Nothing Common About This Common Core BookIt's finally here: a book that unravels the Common Core State Standards, exposes the myths, and ...

Reducere. This The New York Times bestseller will make the Bernie Gunther series the new gold standard in thrillers.Bernie Gunther is one of the great protag...

Reducere. A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for William Shakespeare's Macbeth, known as an "actor's play" for i...

Reducere. DescriptionDarcy Pennington's course was set long before she ever stepped foot in Alitheia, and when she returns for her fourth visit to the magica...

Reducere. Winner of the Gold Nautilus Award for Fiction - A Lambda Literary Award Finalist - A Barbara Gittings Literature Award Finalist - An Indie Next Pic...

Reducere. The Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius wrote down his thoughts between 170 and 180. He was a late Stoic Philosopher and this one of the few examples of ...

From one of the greatest Shakespeare scholars of our time, Harold Bloom presents Othello's Iago, perhaps the Bard's most compelling villain--the fo...

Reducere. Beginning with a simple explanation of reading from a Christian worldview, Nancy Wilson examines and explains significant American literary movemen...

Reducere. In the twentieth-century literature of the supernatural, the single most important book, in the opinion of most scholars and enthusiasts, is Ghost ...

Reducere. An indescribably evil madman lurks beneath the prim and proper fa ade of Victorian London causing Mr. Utterson to vow, "If he shall be Mr. Hyde, I ...