Magical imaginations : instrumental aesthetics in the English Renaissance / Genevieve Juliette Guenther.

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Guenther, Genevieve Juliette

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9781442693951
1442693959
9781442642416
1442642416

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Magical Imaginations : Instrumental Aesthetics in the English Renaissance.DDC classification:

821/.309377 23

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PR525.M24 G83 2012eb

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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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"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.

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