Magical Imaginations : Instrumental Aesthetics in the English Renaissance /

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"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 une...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Guenther, Genevieve Juliette
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Magic in literature.
English poetry > Early modern.
English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan.
Aesthetics in literature.
POETRY > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Medieval.
Theâtre anglais > 16e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Esthetique dans la litterature.
Magie dans la litterature.
Theâtre anglais > 1500-1600 (Moderne et elisabethain) > Histoire et critique.
Poesie anglaise > 1500-1700 (Moderne) > Histoire et critique.
English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 > History and criticism.
English poetry > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (184 pages).
ISBN:9781442693951

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