| Description |
1 online resource (x, 169 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Conjuration and The Defense of Poesy -- The Demonology of Spenserian Discipline -- Why Devils Came when Faustus Called Them -- The End of Magic: Instrumental Aesthetics in The Tempest -- Epilogue (Kant's Charm). |
| Summary |
"Through analyses of texts ranging from sermons and theological treatises to medical tracts and legal documents, Genevieve Guenther sheds new light on magic as a cultural practice in early modern England. She demonstrates that magic was a highly pragmatic, even cynical endeavor infiltrating unexpected spheres--including Elizabethan taxation policy and Jacobean political philosophy. With this new understanding of early modern magic, and a fresh context for compelling readings of classic literary works, Magical Imaginations reveals the central importance of magic to English literary history"--Pub. desc. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Magic in literature.
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Magic in literature. |
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Aesthetics in literature.
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Aesthetics in literature. |
| Chronological Term |
1500-1700 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Guenther, Genevieve. Magical Imaginations : Instrumental Aesthetics in the English Renaissance. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, ©2000 9781442642416 |
| ISBN |
9781442693951 (electronic book) |
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1442693959 (electronic book) |
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