{"product_id":"the-demonic-literature-and-experience-paperback","title":"The Demonic: Literature and Experience - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEwan Fernie\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAre we either good or bad, and do we really know the difference? Why do we want what we cannot have, and even to \u003ci\u003ebe\u003c\/i\u003e what we're not? Can we desire others without wanting to possess them? Can we open to others and not risk possession ourselves? And where, in these cases, do we draw the line?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEwan Fernie argues that the demonic tradition in literature offers a key to our most agonised and intimate experiences. \u003ci\u003eThe Demonic\u003c\/i\u003e ranges across the breadth of Western culture, engaging with writers as central and various as Luther, Shakespeare, Hegel, Dostoevsky, Melville and Mann. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA powerful foreword by Jonathan Dollimore brings out its implications as an intellectual and stylistic breakthrough into new ways of writing criticism. Fernie unfolds an intense and personal vision, not just of Western modernity, but of identity, morality and sex. As much as it's concerned with the great works, this is a book about life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEwan Fernie\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Shakespeare Studies at the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, author of \u003cem\u003eShame in Shakespeare\u003c\/em\u003e, and joint General Editor of the \u003cem\u003eShakespeare Now!\u003c\/em\u003e series. Redcrosse, his latest, collaborative project, is a new poetic liturgy for St George's Day, which has been performed in major cathedrals and by the RSC, and a book published in 2012.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 08, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52932715413811,"sku":"9780415690256","price":100.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/nJIuFgq2uB9780415690256.webp?v=1767873284","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-demonic-literature-and-experience-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}