Peter Brian Barry

The Fiction of Evil

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 190
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 140mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 249g
• ISBN-13: 9781138807785
• ISBN-10: 1138807788
• Artikelnr.: 43673166

Autorenporträt

Peter Brian Barry is the Finkbeiner Endowed Professor of Ethics at Saginaw Valley State University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Fiction and Evil
1. Literature as Philosophy
2. Skepticism about Evil, Part 1: Mythologizing Evil
3. Skepticism about Evil, Part 2: Nietzsche's War on Evil
4. Conscience and Character
5. The Perverse, the Virulent, and the Satanic
6. Evil, Pleasure, and Malice: The Conscience of Claggart
7. Evil and Cruelty: The Fall of Dorian Gray
8. Redemption and Overcoming Evil.
Bibliography
Index