Eternal Wanderer - Christian Negotiations in the Gothic Mode

The Eternal Wanderer: Christian Negotiations in the Gothic Mode provides new ways of reading the Gothicisation of the Wandering Jew. By reading the production with historical and theological underpinnings, this Element provides a dedicated account of Gothic iterations of this figure and examines its alchemical, Faustian and theological figurations.

List of contents

1. Introduction: mythic beginnings and the spectre of the wandering Jew; 2. Alchemical reproductions: St. Leon and St. Irvyne; 3. Faustian incarnations: Melmoth the Wanderer; 4. Theological transformations: Salathiel; 5. Conclusion: gothic legacies and resurrections from Dracula to Melmoth; Bibliography.

Summary

The Eternal Wanderer: Christian Negotiations in the Gothic Mode provides new ways of reading the Gothicisation of the Wandering Jew. By reading the production with historical and theological underpinnings, this Element provides a dedicated account of Gothic iterations of this figure and examines its alchemical, Faustian and theological figurations.

Product details

• Authors: Mary Going, Mary (University of Sheffield) Going
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2025
• EAN: 9781009517102
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0951710-2
• No. of pages: 72
• Series: Elements in the Gothic
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Classics, FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, FICTION / Jewish, FICTION / Ghost, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Christianity, Jewish Studies, Folklore, myths & legends, Myth & legend told as fiction, Classic horror & ghost stories, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Classic horror and ghost stories, Myths and Legends / Mythic fiction, Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology)