Lure of the arcane : the literature of cult and conspiracy / Theodore Ziolkowski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ziolkowski, Theodore.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conspiracy in literature.

Secret societies in literature.

Secrecy in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (245 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.".

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""1 The Mystery Cults of Antiquity""; ""2 The Order of Knights Templar in the Middle Ages""; ""3 The Rosicrucians of the Post-Reformation""; ""4 The Lodges of the Enlightenment""; ""5 Secret Societies of Romantic Socialism""; ""6 Modern Variations""; ""7 Interlude: The Protocols of the Elders of Zion""; ""8 The Playfulness of Postmodernism""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""

""Z""

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed September 3, 2013).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-4214-0959-3

OCLC:

867740073