{"product_id":"evil-damian-catani-9781472582515","title":"Evil: A History in Modern French Literature and Thought","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this original, interdisciplinary approach to evil in French literature, Damian Catani links literary depictions of evil with cultural events to chart a history of the concept in some of the most important texts in modern literature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeginning with Balzac and Baudelaire, Catani covers the restoration and the Second Empire before interpreting how Catholic stereotypes of the 'evil feminine' and new scientific theories impacted the work of Lautr amont and Zola. Moving into the twentieth century, evil is then explored in terms of the Self, power, knowledge and politics through readings of Proust, C line, Sartre and Foucault. By seamlessly bringing together aesthetic, philosophical, historical and ideological concerns to read key French writers from the 18th to the 21st century, this study argues why a broader treatment of literary evils is vital to understanding our contemporary moral and political climate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Damian Catani\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1472582519\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781472582515\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/14\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.49d","brand":"Damian Catani","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45896713208063,"sku":"9781472582515","price":51.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2586eecd-5d97-472c-8320-147086c96b9a.jpg?v=1721372131","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/evil-damian-catani-9781472582515","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}