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...
| Publié dans: | Preternature: Critical and Historical Studies on the Preternatural. - Pennsylvania State University Press, 2012. - 6(2017), 1, Seite 1-30 |
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| Format: | Article en ligne |
| Langue: | English |
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2017
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| Accès à la collection: | Preternature: Critical and Historical Studies on the Preternatural |
| Sujets: | liminal space suburbs ghost story cemetery demon werewolf ghost Social sciences Behavioral sciences Religion |