Analyzing Shakespeare's ideas on theatre and magic and John Dee's concerns with philosophy and magic in the light of Italian Neoplatonism, this book offers a new perspective on the intellectual history of Renaissance England and Italy.
Analyzing Shakespeare's ideas on theatre and magic and John Dee's concerns with philosophy and magic in the light of Italian Neoplatonism, this book offers a new perspective on the intellectual history of Renaissance England and Italy.
Gabriela Dragnea Horvath teaches for the NYU Global Liberal Studies Program in Florence and serves as general editor for the on-line publication Voyages-Journal of Contemporary Humanism.
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Introduction Part I: Conceptual Framework and Historical Insights 1. Perennial Philosophy 2. The Theatre and the World 3. Magic 4. Common Features in an Interface with Religion Part II: God, Man, Nature and the Arts 5. Worlds in Motion and the Domain of Nature 6. What a Piece of Work is Man! 7. Art as Imitatio Dei Part III: The Sense of Wonder 8. Wonders and Cultures 9. A Poetics of Wonder 10. The Marvelous in Theatre 11. Dr Dee as Wonder Master 12. The Charmed Magician Part IV: Vision and Spirits 13. Visual Turbulence 14. Vis imaginativa and Unsettled Fancy 15. Spiritual Beings 16. The Spirits and the Mind Part V: The Power of Words 17. Renaissance, Reformation and Languages of Power 18. Lingua et Vox Angelica 19. What's in a Name? Conclusion
Introduction Part I: Conceptual Framework and Historical Insights 1. Perennial Philosophy 2. The Theatre and the World 3. Magic 4. Common Features in an Interface with Religion Part II: God, Man, Nature and the Arts 5. Worlds in Motion and the Domain of Nature 6. What a Piece of Work is Man! 7. Art as Imitatio Dei Part III: The Sense of Wonder 8. Wonders and Cultures 9. A Poetics of Wonder 10. The Marvelous in Theatre 11. Dr Dee as Wonder Master 12. The Charmed Magician Part IV: Vision and Spirits 13. Visual Turbulence 14. Vis imaginativa and Unsettled Fancy 15. Spiritual Beings 16. The Spirits and the Mind Part V: The Power of Words 17. Renaissance, Reformation and Languages of Power 18. Lingua et Vox Angelica 19. What's in a Name? Conclusion
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