"A more sinister troth": Elizabeth Bowen's "The Demon Lover" as allegory. From: Studies in Short Fiction | Date: January 1, 1994| Author: Calder, Robert L. | COPYRIGHT 1994 Studies in Short Fiction. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Elizabeth Bowen's short story 'The Demon Lover' is a horror story which allegorizes the terror of war. The story of a married woman terrorized by her fiancee, 25 years after his death in World War I, has largely been interpreted as a traditional ghost-story. There have been readings of it as a tale of psychological delusion. The story was written in the middle of World War II at a time when many Britons were seeing the horrifying pattern of war and violence. Bowen's ghost was the memory of Wo...

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research

	"A more sinister troth": Elizabeth Bowen's "The Demon Lover" as allegory. Studies in Short Fiction ; Of all of Elizabeth Bowen's short stories, none has been anthologized as often as The Demon Lover. First published in The Listener in November 1941 and reprinted in The Demon Lover and Other Stories (1945) and Ivy Gripped the Steps and Other Stories (1946), it is usually introduced as a clever tale
	The Sins of the Fathers The Washington Post ; THE DEMON LOVER On the Sexuality Of Terrorism By Robin Morgan Norton. 395 pp. $18.95 WOMEN, CULTURE & POLITICS By Angela Y. Davis Random House. 238 pp. $17.95 AT SOME POINT in the '60s Robin Morgan fell in with a tiny radical group bent on blowing up a building-a draft board, perhaps, or a bank.
	A flock of flying saucers The Independent - London ; What is it that women most desire? Handsome, noble Sir Gawain was stumped by the question. Only when he promised to marry the hideous crone he met in the forest did he receive his answer, an answer that still rings down the centuries. What women most desire is mastery over men, and boy are we still
	A monster and a moral // `Demon Lover' has a light, wholesome appeal Chicago Sun-Times ; My Demon Lover (STAR) (STAR) Kaz Scott Valentine Denny Michelle Little The Fixer Arnold Johnson Sonia Gina Gallego A film presented by New Line Cinema, directed by Charlie Loventhal, produced by Robert Shaye and written by Leslie Ray. Classified PG-13. Running time: 85 minutes. At area theaters. As
	Paperbacks The Scotsman ; The Demon Lover, by Robin Morgan (Piatkus, GBP 12.99) LOVE AND terror? Do they really go together? According to Morgan they do. The demon lover that bewitches us all, she says, is the freedom fighter, the warrior, knight, hero. Otherwise known as the villain, vigilante, suspect loner or latterly,
	Tales of the City The Independent - London ; We don't need this kind of hero YOU CAN picture the scene so clearly, can't you? The staff at Time magazine's New York HQ are in serious conclave. James Kelly, the magazine's managing editor, announces that they must address the vital question of whose face should adorn the cover of Time's
	Tales of the City.(Features) The Independent (London, England) ; We don't need this kind of hero YOU CAN picture the scene so clearly, can't you? The staff at Time magazine's New York HQ are in serious conclave. James Kelly, the magazine's managing editor, announces that they must address the vital question of whose face should adorn the cover of Time's
	Patriarchy Breeds Terrorism Peacework ; Patriarchy Breeds Terrorism The Demon Lover: The Roots of Terrorism by Robin Morgan, Washington Square Press, 1989, Reissued: 2001. pb $15.00. This is a strange, thought-provoking, and insightful book. If you are interested in the roots not simply of terrorism but of the seemingly insatiable human
	The folk slingers The Village Voice ; Alan Lomax, Hary Smith, Bob Dylan, and the Shaping of an Ideal 959: Ozarks traditionalist Almeda Riddle sings to folklorist Alan Lomax the ancient ballad "The House Carpenter; about a woman who abandons her child to run off with a demon lover and is sent to hell for it. Heard on volume 6 of
	Terrorism and the Cult of Manly Men The Washington Post ; We have heard the explanations for terrorism -- poverty and hopelessness across generations, a willingness to die and go to a greater glory because it's easier than living. And yes, that explains part of it. But it doesn't explain Osama bin Laden or some of his well- educated, well-to-do

See all results.