TY  - BOOK
AU  - Baillie,Eva Marta
TI  - Facing the Fiend: Satan as a Literary Character
SN  - 9780718842666
AV  - PN56 .D465 B35 2014 
U1  - 809.9337809.933823547 22
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - The Lutterworth Press
KW  - Devil
KW  - History of doctrines
KW  - Devil in literature
KW  - Divination
KW  - History
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
KW  - Literary
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - RELIGION / Christian Theology / Angelology & Demonology
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Front cover; Half title; Title page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction: Setting the Stage; The Birth of a Character; Part One: The Dwelling Place of Satan; 1. Is Satan Evil?; 2. Satan's Biography; 3. Satan in Story and Myth; 4. Satan and the Written Word; Part Two: Satanic Characters; 5. The Restless Wanderer; 6. The Tormented Shadow; 7. The Zeroing Zero; 8. The Creative Eliminator; 9. The Stumbling Block; 10. The Transgressor; Conclusion: Satan's Salvation or the Redemption Lies in the Text; Bibliography; Back cover
N2  - With the preponderance of visual imagery in our late modern period, why is it the literary Satan keeps emerging? And what can the literary figure of Satan contribute to the understanding of evil? Eva Marta Baillie argues that the literary is the only means by which Satan can survive, and that as a result of the changing literary (and cultural, philosophical, and theological) landscape and our changing perceptions of evil as we move into the twenty-first century, the satanic character must also change
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