Evil Children in Religion, Literature, and Art

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.

Sommario

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

Info autore

ERIC ZIOLKOWSKI is Professor of Religion at Lafayette College. He is author of The Santification of Don Quixote: From Hildago to Priest and editor of A Museum of Faiths: Histories and Legacies of the 1893 World's Parliament of Religions. In 1997 he was elected as a Life Fellow in the Society of the Arts, Religion and Contemporary Culture.

Riassunto

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.

Testo aggiuntivo

'...thoughtful treatment of the deeply ambivalent, conflict-ridden relationship between children and adults.' - Kelly Bulkeley, Journal of Religion

Relazione

'...thoughtful treatment of the deeply ambivalent, conflict-ridden relationship between children and adults.' - Kelly Bulkeley, Journal of Religion

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: E Ziolkowski, E. Ziolkowski
• Editore: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.01.2016
• EAN: 9781349423941
• ISBN: 978-1-349-42394-1
• Pagine: 253
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 230 mm x 13 mm
• Peso: 398 g
• Illustrazioni: XVIII, 253 p.
• Serie: Cross Currents in Religion and Culture; Cross-Currents in Religion and; Cross Currents in Religion and Culture
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; Religion, B, Cultural Studies, Fine Arts, Fiction, Bibles, Religion: general, History of Religion, Fine Art, Religion—History, Religious Studies, general, Fine arts: art forms, Bible—Theology, Biblical Studies, Fiction Literature, Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts Collection, The Arts: art forms