E. Ziolkowski
Palgrave Macmillan UK
e druk, 2001
9780333918951
Evil Children in Religion, Literature, and Art
The Bad Boys of Bethel
Specificaties
Gebonden, blz.
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Engels
Palgrave Macmillan UK |
e druk, 2001
ISBN13: 9780333918951
Rubricering
Onderdeel van serie
Cross Currents in Religion and Culture
Levertijd ongeveer 8 werkdagen
Samenvatting
Evil Children in Religion, Literature and Art explores the genesis, development, and religious significance of a literary and iconographic motif, involving a gang of urchins, usually male, who mock or assault a holy or eccentric person, typically an adult. Originating in the biblical tale of Elisha's mockery (2 Kings 2.23-24), this motif recurs in literature, hagiography, and art, from antiquity up to our own time, strikingly defying the conventional Judeo-Christian and Romantic image of the child as a symbol of innocence.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9780333918951
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:gebonden
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan UK
Inhoudsopgave
Dedication List of Illustrations Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction The Boys of Bethal as Sacrilegious Type Patristic and Medieval Views of 2 Kings 2.23-24 Children of the Passion Passive Saints, Aggressive Urchins The Bethal Boys Motif at the Dawn of Modernity Nineteenth-Century Antitypes of the Bethal Boys Twentieth-Century Antitypes of the Bethal Boys Conclusion Notes Index