Genevieve Guenther

Magical Imaginations

Instrumental Aesthetics in the English Renaissance

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Januar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9781442642416
• ISBN-10: 1442642416
• Artikelnr.: 33805390

Autorenporträt

Genevieve Guenther is an independent scholar with a PhD from the University of California at Berkeley.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
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)
Bibliography