Andrew Moore

Magic in Early Modern England

Literature, Politics, and Supernatural Power

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Produktbeschreibung

This book places early modern philosophy and political theory into conversation with sixteenth- and seventeenth-century writing on magic: plays, spell books, treatises, and witch trial narratives. Reading works by Hobbes and Bacon alongside writing by necromancers and witch-hunters reveals a broad cultural obsession with supernatural power.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9781498575515
• ISBN-10: 149857551X
• Artikelnr.: 67211884

Autorenporträt

By Andrew Moore

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: The Ubiquity of Magic in Early Modern England
Chapter 2: Towards a Definition of Early Modern Magic: Four Conceptual
Problems
Chapter 3: Magic and Materialism: Niccolò Machiavelli, Francis Bacon, and
Abraham Cowley
Chapter 4: Magical Overreach in Robert Greene and Simon Forman
Chapter 5: Illusions of Power in Doctor Faustus and Francis Bacon
Chapter 6: Witch Trials and Thomas Hobbes
Chapter 7: Margaret Cavendish and the Conquest of the Blazing World
Conclusion