Pandemonium : A Visual History of Demonology.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Simon, Ed.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Demonology--History.

Demonology.

Demonology--History--Pictorial works..

Physical Description:

1 online resource (546 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Pandemonium

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Cernunnos, 2022.

Summary:

Pandemonium: An Illustrated History of Demonology presents for this first time Satan's family tree, providing a history and analysis of his fellow fallen angels from Asmodeus to Ziminiar. Throughout there will be short entries on individual demons, but Pandemonium will be more than just a visual encyclopedia. It will also focus on the influence of figures like Beelzebub, Azazel, Lilith, and Moloch on Western religion, literature, and art. Ranging from the earliest scriptural references to demons in the New Testament through the Enlightenment and Romantic eras when our devils took on a subtler form, Pandemonium functions as a compendium of Lucifer's subjects from Dante's The Divine Comedy to John Milton's Paradise Lost, and all points in between.Containing rarely seen illustrations of very old treatises on demonology as well as more well-known works by the great masters of Western painting, this book will celebrate the art of hell like never before!

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Table of Contents

Introduction - Toward a Demonic Poetics

I: We Are Legion

II: Deliver Us from Evil

III: Why This Is Hell

IV: Better to Reign in Hell

V: The Greatest Trick Ever Pulled

VI: Do What Thou Wilt

Conclusion - What of Demonology Today?

Biography

Acknowledgements

Credits

Copyright Page.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781647003890

164700389X

OCLC:

1285782408