Babylon under western eyes : a study of allusion and myth

Babylon under western eyes : a study of allusion and myth /

"Babylon under Western Eyes examines the mythic legacy of ancient Babylon, the Near Eastern city which has served western culture as a metaphor for power, luxury, and exotic magnificence for more than two thousand years. Sifting through the many references to Babylon in biblical, classical, med...

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Main Author: Scheil, Andrew P., 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2016]
Subjects:
European literature > History and criticism.
Allusions in literature.
Mythology in literature.
Popular culture in literature.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Medieval.
Allusions in literature
European literature
Literature
Mythology in literature
Popular culture in literature
Babylon (Extinct city) > In literature.
Babylone (Ville ancienne) > Dans la littérature.
Iraq > Babylon (Extinct city)
Literary criticism
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Literary criticism.
Critiques littéraires.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Babylon as Political Metaphor. Chapter One: The Political Image of Babylon in Antiquity
  • Chapter Two: Political Babylon in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages
  • Chapter Three: Political Babylon from the Great Schism to the Present
  • Part II: Babylon as Degenerate Archetype. Chapter Four: The Medieval Genealogy of Babylonian Degeneracy: The Cursed Race
  • Chapter Five: The Post-Medieval Genealogy of Babylonian Degeneracy and the Cursed Race Archetype
  • Part III: Babylon as Sublime Topos. Chapter Six: City of Ruins
  • Chapter Seven: Babylon and the Coordinates of Romance
  • Conclusion.

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