Theodore Ziolkowski

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Lure of the Arcane: The Literature of Cult and ConspiracyHardcover, 15 August 2013

Lure of the Arcane: The Literature of Cult and Conspiracy
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Print Length
248 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Date Published
15 Aug 2013
ISBN-10
1421409585
ISBN-13
9781421409580

Description

Explore 2,000 years of conspiracy in fiction.

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Fascination with the arcane is a driving force in this comprehensive survey of conspiracy fiction. Theodore Ziolkowski traces the evolution of cults, orders, lodges, secret societies, and conspiracies through various literary manifestations--drama, romance, epic, novel, opera--down to the thrillers of the twenty-first century.

Lure of the Arcane considers Euripides's Bacchae, Andreae's Chymical Wedding, Mozart's The Magic Flute, and Eco's Foucault's Pendulum, among other seminal works. Mimicking the genre's quest-driven narrative arc, the reader searches for the significance of conspiracy fiction and is rewarded with the author's cogent reflections in the final chapter. After much investigation, Ziolkowski reinforces Umberto Eco's notion that the most powerful secret, the magnetic center of conspiracy fiction, is in fact "a secret without content."

Product Details

Author:
Theodore Ziolkowski
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
15 August 2013
Dimensions:
22.86 x 15.49 x 2.54 cm
Genre:
Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
ISBN-10:
1421409585
ISBN-13:
9781421409580
Language:
English
Location:
Baltimore
Pages:
248
Weight:
476.27 gm

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