Chaos from the Ancient World to Early Modernity : : Formations of the Formless /

Chaos from the Ancient World to Early Modernity : : Formations of the Formless / / ed. by Christoph Levin, Andreas Höfele, Reinhard Müller, Björn Quiring.

Chaos is a perennial source of fear and fascination. The original "formless void" (tohu-wa-bohu) mentioned in the book of Genesis, chaos precedes the created world: a state of anarchy before the establishment of cosmic order. But chaos has frequently also been conceived of as a force that...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package English 2021
MitwirkendeR:
Fischer, Karsten,
Höfele, Andreas,
Kellner, Beate,
Levin, Christoph,
Lobsien, Verena O.,
Maul, Stefan M.,
Mehltretter, Florian,
Most, Glenn W.,
Müller, Reinhard,
Quiring, Björn,
Teskey, Gordon,
HerausgeberIn:
Höfele, Andreas,
Levin, Christoph,
Müller, Reinhard,
Quiring, Björn,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2020]
©2021
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (VI, 238 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Image Credits
  • Introduction
  • The Invention of Chaos
  • Zwischen Chaos und Ordnung
  • Paradise Established
  • Das umgestürzte Recht (Amos 5,7)
  • Chaos in komischer Literatur des späten Mittelalters und der frühen Neuzeit
  • Mixed Abysses
  • “Come to Great Confusion”
  • Sympathy Lost
  • The Coming Chaos in Spenser and Milton
  • The Tartarean Jurisdiction of Chaos in Milton’s Paradise Lost
  • Naturalization of Chaos and Apotheosis of Order
  • Index of Authors

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