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English | 5 July 2017 | ISBN: 3319527967 | 304 Pages | PDF | 6.79 MB

This engrossing volume studies the poetics of evil in early modern English culture, reconciling the Renaissance belief that literature should uphold m08rality with the compelling 4nd attractive representations of evil throughout the periods literature. The chapters expl08re a variety of texts, including Spensers Faerie Queene, Shakespeares Richard III, broadside ballads, 4nd sermons, culminating in a new reading of Paradise Lost 4nd a novel underst4nding of the dynamic interaction between aesthetics 4nd theology in shaping seventeenth century Protestant piety. Through these discussions, the book introduces the concept of &quotsinister aesthetics&quot: artistic conventions that can make representations of the villainous, monstrous, 08r hellish pleasurable.