About the Author

Ronald Paulson is Emeritus Professor of English, The Johns Hopkins University, and author of more than twenty previous books, including Hogarth: His Life, Art, and Times, published by Yale University Press.

Reviews

“There is, to my knowledge, nothing to compare with this book’s ambitious scope.  It’s a long journey, pleasantly conducted.” —Valentine Cunningham, Corpus Christi College in Oxford
*Valentine Cunningham*

"Professor Paulson's book is timely.  No theme is more urgent or opportune.  There are other studies of evil, but Paulson's is the most literary and the most wide-ranging."—Denis Donoghue, author of The American Classics and Speaking of Beauty   
*Denis Donoghue*

"This informative journey through centuries of literature, mostly British and American fiction, is the harvest of a distinguished career and brings together themes from the author's many previous publications. . . . [An] erudite and impressive study."—Robert F. Brown, The Review of Metaphysics
*The Review of Metaphysics*