Thomas Harris and William Blake : Allusions in the Hannibal Lecter Novels / Michelle Leigh Gompf.
| Author/creator | Gompf, Michelle Leigh, 1970- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014] |
| Description | 184 pages ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | "Under every good is a hell": William Blake's view of good and evil -- "The wickedness herein I took from my own stock": Thomas Harris's creation of evil -- The dragon and the tyger: Red Dragon -- Typhoid and swans: Silence of the Lambs -- Harris's marriage of heaven and hell: Hannibal -- Printing in the infernal method: Hannibal Rising -- Conclusion: "Without contraries there is no progression": Lecter's Blakean progression to balance. |
| Abstract | "This work examines the allusions to Blake throughout Harris's four Hannibal Lecter novels and provides a Blakean reading of the works as a whole, particularly in regard to the character of Lecter and the nature of evil in the world"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2013039050 |
| ISBN | 9780786471010 (softcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0786471018 (softcover : alk. paper) |