Literature and Evil

Reducere. J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings , The Hobbit and The Silmarillion are some of the greatest tales of good versus evil ever told. From the cre...

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...

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...

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

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. 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 ...

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

Reducere. " James] is the most intelligent man of his generation." -T. S. Eliot "The economy of horror is carried to its last degree."-Edith Wharton "The mos...

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

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...

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. 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...

This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an at...

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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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...

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...

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

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. 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...

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

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 ...

Reducere. " James] is the most intelligent man of his generation." -T. S. Eliot "The economy of horror is carried to its last degree."-Edith Wharton "The mos...

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...

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

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

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

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

The Victorian fin de siecle has many associations: the era of Decadence, The Yellow Book, the New Woman, the scandalous Oscar Wilde, the Empire on ...

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...

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...

Nietzsche's mature masterpiece, Beyond Good and Evil considers the origins and nature of Judeo-Christian morality; the end of philosophical dogmati...

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

With the style and eloquent language that earned him the Nobel prize for literature, Marquez weaves a stunning story of glory and despair. Both rea...

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. 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. 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...

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...

Reducere. First published in 1919, Isya Joseph's exhaustive study of the fascinating and often misunderstood Yezidis of the Near East remains a classic in th...

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

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. 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 ...

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

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...

The reckless pursuit of honor exposes an empire to demonic invasion, in this epic fantasy novel of duty and warfare, set in the extraordinary world...

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

Writer and religious rebel, William Blake sowed the seeds of Romanticism in his innovative poems concerning faith and the vision that inspired him ...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Lost Stradivarius (1895), by J. Meade Falkner, is a short novel of ghosts and the evil that can be invested in an object, in this ca...

Reducere. A layman's guide to preform a simple ceremony of blessing or consecration for a home or building. Rev. Swope with his years of training and experie...

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

Reducere. Description"Spiritualism and Necromancy" is a mid 19th century refutation of spiritualism from the specifically fire and brimstone perspective of t...

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. 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...

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...

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. 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...

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

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Joseph ConradFirst serialized in Blackwood's Magazine in 1899, "Heart of Darkness" is the story of steamboat captain Charli...

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,...

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...