The Function of Evil across Disciplinary Contexts

Autorentext

Malcah Effron is lecturer in the Writing, Rhetoric, and Professional Communication Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Brian Johnson is assistant professor of humanities at Cuyohoga Community College

Klappentext

The book offers an interdisciplinary approach to a subject that has largely been the province of religious studies and philosophy. Tackling the function of evil across social contexts rather than seeking a definition of evil, this collection explores the use of the term "evil" in multiple eras, genres, and disciplines.

Inhalt

Introduction Brian Johnson and Malcah Effron 1. Villainous Victimhood in Edgar Allan Poe s The Cask of Amontilladö Chu-chueh Cheng 2. The Winter s Tale: Art and Redemption from Evil Olivia Coulomb 3. Guilt, Evil, and Hell in Doctor Faustus and Macbeth Jamey Hecht 4. Seasonal Villainy: Radical Evil, Relativity and Redemptive Relationships Charity Fowler 5. The Name-of-the-Monster: Interpellation and the Construction of Evil Jim Casey 6. The Communicative Force of Evil: The Case of Stephen King Jessica Folio 7. When Real Life Isn t Evil Enough for Fiction: French Postwar Literature and the Relationship between Evil and Sexuality Marian Duval 8. Poison and Antidote: Evil and the Hero-Villain Binary in Deon Meyer s Post-Apartheid Crime Thriller, Devil s Peak Sam Naidu and Karlien van der Wielen 9. Ghosts of the Old South: The Evils of Slavery and the Haunted House in Royal Street Brian Johnson 10. Ace in the Hole and Its Public: Evil and the News Spectacle Julie Michot 11. The Evil Foreigner: Marvel Villains and the American National Identity from World War II to the War on Terror Joanna Nowotny and Bettina Jossen 12. Tribalism and the Use of Evil in Modern Politics Riven Barton 13. A Fiend Incarnate : Sin, Science, and the Problem of Evil in the New American Nation Jeffrey Mullins