| Demon-Lovers and Their Victims in British Fiction Contributor(s): Reed, Toni (Author) |
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ISBN: 0813192900 ISBN-13: 9780813192901 Publisher: University Press of Kentucky OUR PRICE: $23.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Eastern European (see Also Russian & Former Soviet Union) - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | Gothic & Romance |
| Dewey: 823.009 |
| Physical Information: 0.42" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.52 lbs) 182 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Cultural Region - British Isles - Topical - New Age |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The hero of the story is a demonic lover -- dark, handsome, mysterious, and dangerously seductive. The heroine -- beautiful, and innocent -- willingly becomes his victim and is destroyed by him. This story of demon-lover and victim, always charged with passion, has been told over and over, from Greek mythology through contemporary fiction and films. Demon-Lovers and Their Victims in British Fiction is the first historical and structural exploration of the demon-lover motif, with emphasis on major works of British fiction from the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries; it will interest those concerned with gender role conflicts in literature and with the mutual influence of oral and written texts of folklore and formal literature. |