The Fiction of Evil (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781138807785)

What makes someone an evil person? How are evil people different from merely bad people? Do evil people really exist? Can we make sense of evil people if we mythologize them? Do evil people take pleasure in the suffering of others? Can evil people be redeemed?

Peter Brian Barry answers these questions by examining a wide range of works from renowned authors, including works of literature by Kazuo Ishiguro, Mark Twain, Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville, and Oscar Wilde alongside classic works of philosophy by Nietzsche and Aristotle. By considering great texts from literature and philosophy, Barry examines whether evil is merely a fiction.

The Fiction of Evil explores how the study of literature can contribute to the study of metaphysics and ethics and it is essential reading for those studying the concept of evil or philosophy of literature at undergraduate level.

Author: Peter Brian Barry
ISBN-10: 1138807788
ISBN-13: 9781138807785
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 09/28/2016
Pages: 190
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.60d