Ryan D Giles

Inscribed Power

Amulets and Magic in Early Spanish Literature

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Produktbeschreibung

In Inscribed Power, Ryan D. Giles explores the function of amuletic prayers, divine names, and incantation formulas that were inscribed and printed on parchment, paper and other media, and at the same time inserted into classic literary works in Spain.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. August 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9781442646070
• ISBN-10: 1442646071
• Artikelnr.: 46768680

Autorenporträt

Ryan D. Giles is an associate professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Indiana University, Bloomington.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction Literary Amulets
Chapter One Amuletic Manuscripts
Chapter Two Naming God
Chapter Three Amuletic Voices
Chapter Four The Bawd’s Amulet
Chapter Five Outlaw Prayers
Postscript Amuletic Afterlives
Works Cited