R. Ziegler

Satanism, Magic and Mysticism in Fin-de-siècle France (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

An interdisciplinary study of the supernatural and the occult in fin-de-siècle France (1870-1914), the present volume examines the explosion of interest in devil-worship, magic and mysticism both from an historical perspective and through analysis of key literary works of the period.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Seitenzahl: 229
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juni 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137006615
• Artikelnr.: 45971873

Autorenporträt

ROBERT ZIEGLER is professor of Liberal Studies at Montana Tech, USA. He has published widely on turn-of-the century French literature and French Decadence, and is the author of four books on the fin de siècle: Beauty Raises the Dead (2001), selected as a Choice outstanding academic book, The Mirror of Divinity: The World and Creation in J.-K. Huysmans (2004), The Nothing Machine: The Fiction of Octave Mirbeau (2007), and Asymptote: An Approach to Decadent Fiction (2009).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface The Satanist The Hoaxer The Magus The Mystic The Miracle-worker Conclusion Notes References Index

Rezensionen

'...a trove of enticing parts.' - Scott D. Carpenter, Carleton College, French Studies