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The Fiction of Evil

Paperback • 2016 • 1. edition

The Fiction of Evil

By Peter Brian Barry

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About the book

What makes someone an evil person? How are evil people different from merely bad people? Do evil people really exist? Can we make sense of evil people if we mythologize them? Do evil people take pleasure in the suffering of others? Can evil people be redeemed?Peter Brian Barry answers these questions by examining a wide range of works from renowned authors, including works of literature by Kazuo Ishiguro, Mark Twain, Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville, and Oscar Wilde alongside classic works of ph...Show more

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9781138807785

Publisher

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published year

2016

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1

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The Fiction of Evil

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Paperback

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