So, what exactly is a “daemon”?
Dr. Robert Oventile, an assistant professor of English at Pasadena City College, answers that question in his latest book. (His explanation is too good to give away here!)
Dr. Oventile’s second book is entitled Satan’s Secret Daughters: the Muse As Daemon. And in his book, he makes the case for seven female protagonists, in classic literature, who function in that capacity. Among the classic works his book explores are Shakespeare’s Othello, Milton’s Paradise Lost, Sandy Florian’s The Tree of No and Henrik Ibsen’s The Master Builder.
Dr. Oventile defined his term, talked about the creative process of writing Satan’s Secret Daughters, and explored some of the ways in which the “daemon” interacts with a main male character in several of the classics.
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