The Eternal Wanderer by Mary Going

The Eternal Wanderer by Mary Going

The Eternal Wanderer: Christian Negotiations in the Gothic Mode provides new ways of reading the Gothicisation of the Wandering Jew. It argues that early Gothic writing conjured iterations of this figure that reimagine and revise him, adding Gothic layers to a popular Christian myth that refuses to die. Drawing on the work of Carol Margaret Davison, Lisa Lampert-Weissig and Galit Hasan-Roken and Alan Dundes, whose studies trace the myth's development across history, folklore and literature, this Element studies the figure as an antisemitic, palimpsestic Derridean spectre and establishes early Gothic writing as a significant development in his continued spectral existence. By reading the production of the Wandering Jew in conversation with his historical and theological contexts, and employing theoretical traditions of spectralisation according to Jacques Derrida and Steven F. Kruger, this Element provides a dedicated account of Gothic iterations of this figure and examines its alchemical, Faustian and theological figurations.

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ISBN 13	9781009153423
ISBN 10	1009153420
Title	The Eternal Wanderer
Author	Mary Going
Series	Elements In The Gothic
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	2025-01-30
Number of pages	72
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