Satanism, Magic and Mysticism in Fin-De-Siecle France

Zusatztext '...a trove of enticing parts.' - Scott D. Carpenter! Carleton College! French Studies Informationen zum Autor 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). Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface The Satanist The Hoaxer The Magus The Mystic The Miracle-worker Conclusion Notes References Index

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

About the author

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).

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

Product details

• Authors: Ziegler, R Ziegler, R. Ziegler, Robert Ziegler, Ziegler Robert
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.06.2012
• EAN: 9780230293083
• ISBN: 978-0-230-29308-3
• No. of pages: 235
• Series: Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic; Palgrave Historical Studies in; Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic; Palgrave Historical Studies in
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; B, History, European History, Philosophy, History of Religion, History of Philosophy, Literature: history & criticism, History of philosophy, philosophical traditions, History, Modern, Palgrave History Collection, Modern History, Religion—History, Literature—History and criticism, Literary History, Europe—History, France—History, History of France, France;interdisciplinary;miracle;mysticism;occult;present