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This collection of essays explores the representations, incarnations and manifestations of evil when it is embodied in a particular villain or in an evil presence. All the essays contribute to showing how omnipresent yet vastly under-studied the phenomena of the villain and evil are. Together they confirm the importance of the continued study of villains and villainy in order to understand the premises behind the representation of evil, its internal localized logic, its historical contingency, and its specific conditions.

Villains in mass media --- Villains in popular culture --- Villains in literature --- Popular culture --- Mass media --- Villains in mass media. --- Villains in popular culture. --- Villains in literature.

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Andronicus, Titus (Legendary character). --- Iago (Fictitious character). --- Villains in literature. --- Shakespeare, William, --- Characters --- Villains.

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This approach to Shakespeare's treatment of revenge emphasizes the psychology of revenge and, in particular, the relationship of revenge to the experience of victimization. Instead of assuming that dramatic avengers reflect mental imbalance to be condemned for moral and civil offenses, Keyishian treats revenge as a strategy by which victims strive to restore personal integrity and recover from feelings of powerlessness, violation, and injustice. Keyishian bases his discussion on Renaissance theories about the proper and beneficial role of the passions, from Aristotle and Aquinas to Francis Bacon, Niccolo Machiavelli, and others. His study ranges from authentic and redemptive avengers like Macduff to purely vindictive ones like Iago.

Drama. --- Rache --- Revenge in literature. --- Revenge in literature. --- Victims in literature. --- Victims in literature. --- Villains in literature. --- Villains in literature. --- Shakespeare, William, --- Shakespeare, William, --- Shakespeare, William, --- Shakespeare, William, --- Shakespeare, William. --- Shakespeare, William. --- Characters --- Villains. --- Criticism and interpretation.

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Aguiar, focusing on the traits and characteristics of the strong-willed female protagonist, analyzes over one hundred examples in a wide range of literature. Among the characters discussed are Zenia in Margaret Atwood's The Robber Bride, Ruth Patchett in Fay Weldon's The Life and Loves of a She-Devil, Sula in Toni Morrison's Sula, and Ginny in Jane Smiley's A Thousand Acres.

American fiction --- English literature --- Evil in literature. --- Feminism and literature --- Villains in literature. --- Women and literature --- Women in literature. --- History and criticism. --- Fiction --- Sociology of literature --- Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality --- Literature --- Literary criticism --- Images of women --- Book

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Aguiar, focusing on the traits and characteristics of the strong-willed female protagonist, analyzes over one hundred examples in a wide range of literature. Among the characters discussed are Zenia in Margaret Atwood's The Robber Bride, Ruth Patchett in Fay Weldon's The Life and Loves of a She-Devil, Sula in Toni Morrison's Sula, and Ginny in Jane Smiley's A Thousand Acres.

American fiction --- Women in literature. --- English literature --- Women and literature --- Feminism and literature. --- Villains in literature. --- Good and evil in literature. --- Feminism and literature --- Literature --- Woman (Christian theology) in literature --- Women in drama --- Women in poetry --- Evil in literature --- Good in literature --- History and criticism. --- Women authors --- Literature and feminism