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Histories of the Devil

From Marlowe to Mann and the Manichees

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  1. Jeremy Tambling

    1. London, United Kingdom

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  • Examines one of the most ubiquitous and mysterious figures in fiction

  • Looks at a wide variety of writers, from Chaucer to Goethe

  • Appeals to cultural historians and religion scholars as well as literature scholars

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction: Literature and Manicheism

    • Jeremy Tambling
    Pages 1-19

  3. Chapter 1: ‘The Tempter or the Tempted, Who Sins Most?’

    • Jeremy Tambling
    Pages 21-44

  4. Chapter 2: Medieval and Early Modern Devils: Names and Images

    • Jeremy Tambling
    Pages 45-74

  5. Chapter 3: From Carnival to King Lear: Ships, Dogs, Fools, and the Picaro

    • Jeremy Tambling
    Pages 75-111

  6. Chapter 4: Fallen Fire: Job, Milton, and Blake

    • Jeremy Tambling
    Pages 113-162

  7. Chapter 5: Masks, Doubles, Nihilism

    • Jeremy Tambling
    Pages 163-193

  8. Chapter 6: Goethe: Faust and Modernity

    • Jeremy Tambling
    Pages 195-222

  9. Chapter 7: Dostoevsky: Murder and Suicide

    • Jeremy Tambling
    Pages 223-254

  10. Chapter 8: Bulgakov, Mann, Adorno, and Rushdie

    • Jeremy Tambling
    Pages 255-282

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 283-308
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About this book

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, historically, speculatively, and from the standpoint of critical theory. It asks:  Is there a single meaning to be assigned to the idea of the diabolical? What value lies in thinking diabolically? Is it still the definition of a good poet to be of the devil's party, as Blake argued?

Authors and Affiliations

  • London, United Kingdom

    Jeremy Tambling

About the author

Jeremy Tambling retired from Professorships in Literature first in Hong Kong and then in Manchester, UK, and now works as an independent scholar and critic.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Histories of the Devil

  • Book Subtitle: From Marlowe to Mann and the Manichees

  • Authors: Jeremy Tambling

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-51832-3

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-51831-6Published: 28 February 2017

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-51832-3Published: 07 February 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 308

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Literary History, Literary Theory

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