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Pandemonium: A Visual History of Demonology

Pandemonium: A Visual History of Demonology

PANDEMONIUM

作者：
Ed Simon
出版社：
Cernunnos
出版日期：
2022/02/21
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Pandemonium: A Visual History of Demonology is a richly illustrated exploration of how demons have been imagined, named, and depicted across centuries of religious belief, art, and literature.

Written by scholar and cultural critic Ed Simon and featuring more than 400 color illustrations, this volume brings together striking imagery and lucid commentary to examine the visual and symbolic history of hell and its inhabitants.

Across cultures and eras, demons have served as embodiments of fear, temptation, transgression, and chaos--and as powerful metaphors through which societies have explored morality and the boundaries of belief. Pandemonium traces the evolution of demonic figures from early scriptural references through medieval theology, Renaissance art, and later literary traditions, showing how conceptions of evil have shifted alongside changes in religious and cultural thought.

At the heart of the book is a detailed examination of demonological hierarchies, including--for the first time--a visual presentation of Satan's mythic family tree, which situates figures such as Beelzebub, Azazel, Lilith, and Moloch within a broader cosmology of fallen angels and infernal powers.

Short, accessible entries introduce individual demons while placing them in conversation with major texts such as Dante's Divine Comedy and Milton's Paradise Lost, as well as with larger artistic and intellectual movements.

Drawing on rare illustrations from early treatises on demonology, illuminated manuscripts, and works by major Western artists, Pandemonium presents demons not as mere curiosities, but as enduring symbols that reveal how humanity has visualized evil, rebellion, and the unknown. The book functions both as a visual archive and a cultural history.

This is an authoritative and visually arresting resource for readers interested in art history, religion, mythology, and the darker dimensions of the sacred imagination.

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作者介紹

Ed Simon is a scholar, essayist, and cultural critic whose work explores the intersections of literature, religion, art, and history. He is Public Humanities Special Faculty in the English Department at Carnegie Mellon University and serves as Editor-in-Chief of Belt Magazine and The Pittsburgh Review of Books.

Simon is the author of more than a dozen books, including Pandemonium: A Visual History of Demonology, Elysium: A Visual History of Angelology, The Seven Deadly Sins and Seven Heavenly Virtues: A Visual History, and Devil's Contract: The History of the Faustian Bargain. His work is known for combining rigorous scholarship with accessible prose, bringing complex religious and cultural subjects to a broad readership.

His essays and criticism have appeared in The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Paris Review Daily, LitHub, Poetry, McSweeney's, Aeon, The New Republic, and elsewhere. He holds a PhD in English from Lehigh University and lives in Pittsburgh.

規格

誠品貨碼 /
ISBN13 / 9781419756382
ISBN10 /
EAN貨碼 / 9781419756382
裝訂 / H:精裝
頁數 / 400
語言 / 3:英文
級別 / N:無
重量(g) / 1782.6
尺寸 / 25.9X20.3X3.7CM

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