Renaissance Magic and the Return of the Golden Age: The Occult Tradition and Marlowe, Jonson, and Shakespeare - Couverture souple

Mebane, John S.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 080328179X ISBN 13 : 9780803281790

Editeur : University of Nebraska Press, 1992

Synopsis

For all their pride in seeing this world clearly, the thinkers and artists of the English Renaissance were also fascinated by magic and the occult. The three greatest playwrights of the period devoted major plays (The Tempest, Doctor Faustus, The Alchemist) to magic, Francis Bacon often referred to it, and it was ever-present in the visual arts. In Renaissance Magic and the Return of the Golden Age John S. Mebane reevaluates the significance of occult philosophy in Renaissance thought and literature, constructing the most detailed historical context for his subject yet attempted.

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À propos de l'auteur

John S. Mebane, an associate professor of English at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, is the author of articles and essays in South Atlantic Review, Renaissance Papers, and Renaissance Drama.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Nebraska Press
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 080328179X
• ISBN 13: 9780803281790
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 317
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• Personne responsable: non disponible