The Temptation of Saint Anthony (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Gustave Flaubert
- First Published: 1874
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical
- Time of Work: Fourth century
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: Power, personal or social, Sin or Original sin, Hermits, Christianity, Good and evil, Faith, Egypt or Egyptians, Hallucinations or illusions, Devils or demons, Middle Ages, Saints or sainthood, Satan or Satanism
- Locales: Alexandria, Egypt
Places Discussed
Saint Anthony’s cell. Hermitage in which Anthony lives. It is set on a crescent-shaped platform high on a mountainside in the Thebaid desert, above the Nile. It is constructed from mud and reeds, with a flat roof and no door. Its only furniture, apart from mats on the floor, is a wooden frame supporting a book. A single palm tree grows on the edge of the platform, whose only other embellishment is a wooden cross. The Libyan mountains are visible on the desert horizon.
Anthony has previously dwelt in a pharaoh’s tomb and a ruined citadel and has...
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