Evil Children in Religion, Literature, and Art (2001) (Cross Currents in Religion and Culture)
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- Synopsis
- 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.
- Copyright:
- 2001
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- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780230599758
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780333918951
- Publisher:
- Palgrave Macmillan UK, London
- Date of Addition:
- 12/08/20
- Copyrighted By:
- N/A
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Literature and Fiction, Religion and Spirituality, Education, Sociology
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- Bookshare Staff
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- This is a copyrighted book.
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