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Literature and the Occult
"What is it that unlocks the mysteries of the occult and makes them known to us? Occultus: The Hidden and Macabre in Literature and Film is an intellectually rigorous examination of esotericism, magic, and the macabre. The book uses film and literature to conduct an exploration of concepts such as secrecy, hiddenness, and how mystery is defused once it becomes widely understood. Moving away from a superficial investigation of "things that go bump in the night," the book instead introduces readers to the occult tradition as intellectual history. The readings address how literature engages in the occult, magic in the Middle Ages, links between witchcraft and sexuality, and monsters as bodies o...
Literature and the Occult
What is it that unlocks the mysteries of the occult and makes them known to us? Occultus: The Hidden and Macabre in Literature and Film is an intellectually rigorous examination of esotericism, magic, and the macabre. The book uses film and literature to conduct an exploration of concepts such as secrecy, hiddenness, and how mystery is defused once it becomes widely understood. Moving away from a superficial investigation of "things that go bump in the night," the book instead introduces readers to the occult tradition as intellectual history. The readings address how literature engages in the occult, magic in the Middle Ages, links between witchcraft and sexuality, and monsters as bodies on display. The book encourages students to take a new view of familiar and unfamiliar works including the films Nosferatu and Det sjunde inseglet ("The Seventh Seal") as well as literature like Malleus Maleficarum ("Hammer of Witches") and Helmuth Krausser's Melodien. Occultus gives readers an exciting blend of the intellectual and the imagined. It is well suited to courses on occultism and meaning, religion and magic, and the occult in film and literature.
Mandeville's Travails
This book offers a critical methodology for analyzing travel literature. The subject of travel literature, as well as travel literatures, have not always been regarded with respect or given much critical attention. In order to amend this lack of positive reception, Francis Tobienne Jr. analyzes the late medieval text Mandeville’s Travels, specifically the Cotton MS. This text, though not overly popular currently, was among the most popular pieces of literature for well beyond its fourteenth-century inception in some three hundred manuscripts divided into three groups as well as early printed editions; further, this text offers a way in which to approach other pieces of travel literature. T...
The Position of Magic in Selected Medieval Spanish Texts
It is difficult to assess an explanation of a belief, or a belief system in words, Tobienne begins, and harder still to assign signification to such inexplicable conviction s]. This book addresses the often blurred line s] between magic, religion, and
Literature and the Occult
"What is it that unlocks the mysteries of the occult and makes them known to us? "Occultus: The Hidden and Macabre in Literature and Film" is an intellectually rigorous examination of esotericism, magic, and the macabre. The book uses film and literature to conduct an exploration of concepts such as secrecy, hiddenness, and how mystery is defused once it becomes widely understood. Moving away from a superficial investigation of things that go bump in the night, the book instead introduces readers to the occult tradition as intellectual history. The readings address how literature engages in the occult, magic in the Middle Ages, links between witchcraft and sexuality, and monsters as bodies o...
104070
This book from Pete Conrad marks his entry into the literate arts. Songs written while at work when he should have been working, poetry about the Middle-Class American Disaster, short stories that explore the literary process of creating novels, and essays written while an adult student at the University of South Florida. 104070 (tenfortyseventy) documents the life of a budding author and thinker.
Supernatural Out of the Box
Supernatural is one of the most successful horror TV shows ever, providing fifteen seasons of the adventures of Dean and Sam Winchester as they hunt monsters and save the world. It has nurtured a passionate fan base, which has been far more directly integrated into the show than is typical. Wry and self-aware, Supernatural repeatedly breaks out of the televisual box to acknowledge its fans and its own fictionality. Though there have already been several studies of Supernatural, this volume is the first to focus extensively and intensively on the show's metafictional elements. This essay collection argues that Supernatural is not merely a horror show, but is a show about how horror works as a genre, and how fans interact with their favorite material. From exploring how the show has equated authorship with divinity, to considering its incorporation of fandom and closely reading several key episodes, the essays in this volume seek to examine the multiple layers of textuality found in Supernatural.
Wonder Woman and Philosophy
Wonder Woman and Philosophy: The Amazonian Mystique explores a wide range of philosophical questions surrounding the most popular female superhero of all time, from her creation as feminist propaganda during World War II up to the first female lead in the blockbuster DC movie-franchise. The first book dedicated to the philosophical questions raised by the complex and enduringly iconic super-heroine Fighting fascism with feminism since 1941, considers the power of Wonder Woman as an exploration of gender identity and also that of the human condition – what limits us and what we can overcome Confronts the ambiguities of Wonder Woman, from her roles as a feminist cause and fully empowered woman, to her objectification as sexual fantasy Topics explored include origin stories and identity, propaganda and art, altruism and the ethics of care, Amazonians as transhumanists, eroticism and graphic novels, the crafting of a heroine, domination, relationships, the ethics of killing and torture, and many more.
