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Evil Children in Religion, Literature and Art

The Bad Boys of Bethel

  • Hardback
  • 272 pages
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
  • 16.5 x 24.1 x 2.1 cm

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This text 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

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Palgrave Macmillan

  • Published

    May 2001

  • Weight

    595g

  • Page Count

    272

  • Dimensions

    16.5 x 24.1 x 2.1 cm

  • ISBN

    9780333918951

  • ISBN-10

    0333918959

  • Eden Code

    1150385

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