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Evil Children in Religion, Literature, and Art

  • Paperback
  • 271 pages
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 1.5 cm

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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.
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  • Title

    Evil Children in Religion, Literature, and Art

  • Author

    E. Ziolkowski

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Palgrave Macmillan

  • Published

    February 2016

  • Edition

    1st ed. 2001

  • Weight

    368g

  • Page Count

    271

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 1.5 cm

  • ISBN

    9781349423941

  • ISBN-10

    1349423947

  • Eden Code

    4449800

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