{"product_id":"9781626619067","title":"Occultus: The Hidden and Macabre in Literature and Film","description":"\"What is it that unlocks the mysteries of the occult and makes them known to us? \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOccultus: The Hidden and Macabre in Literature and Film\u003c\/i\u003e is an intellectually rigorous examination of esotericism, magic, and the macabre. The book uses film and literature to conduct an exploration of concepts such as secrecy, hiddenness, and how mystery is defused once it becomes widely understood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving away from a superficial investigation of “things that go bump in the night,” the book instead introduces readers to the occult tradition as intellectual history. The readings address how literature engages in the occult, magic in the Middle Ages, links between witchcraft and sexuality, and monsters as bodies on display. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book encourages students to take a new view of familiar and unfamiliar works including the films \u003ci\u003eNosferatu\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDet sjunde inseglet\u003c\/i\u003e (\"\"The Seventh Seal\"\") as well as literature like \u003ci\u003eMalleus Maleficarum\u003c\/i\u003e (\"\"Hammer of Witches\"\") and Helmuth Krausser's Melodien. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOccultus\u003c\/i\u003e gives readers an exciting blend of the intellectual and the imagined. It is well suited to courses on occultism and meaning, religion and magic, and the occult in film and literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrancis Tobienne, Jr.,\u003c\/b\u003e is a medieval scholar, cultural critic, and professor of literature and writing at University of South Florida, St. Petersburg and Research Fellow at The Salvador Dali Museum. He is a Phi Beta Kappa Member and holds a Ph.D. from Purdue University. Professor Tobienne has authored or edited numerous books, articles, and book chapters including \u003ci\u003eThe Position of Magic In Selected Medieval Spanish Texts\u003c\/i\u003e and the forthcoming \u003ci\u003eMandeville's Travails: a Matter of Travel, Theory and Critical Method.\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cognella Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47036898607344,"sku":"9781626619067","price":92.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781626619067_p0.jpg?v=1763870202","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781626619067","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}