The Liminal Space: Suburbs as a Demonic Domain in Classical Literature

This article explores the potential significance of the suburbs as a liminal space in both ancient Greek and Roman literature, focusing on literature from the imperial period. It will be demonstrated that in these texts the suburbs recur as a setting of preternatural stories, such as those found in...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Preternature: Critical and Historical Studies on the Preternatural. - Pennsylvania State University Press, 2012. - 6(2017), 1, Seite 1-30
1. Verfasser:	Doroszewska, Julia (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	2017
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:	Preternature: Critical and Historical Studies on the Preternatural
Schlagworte:	liminal space suburbs ghost story cemetery demon werewolf ghost Social sciences Behavioral sciences Religion Biological sciences


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