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Record Nr.

UNINA9910155129903321

Titolo

Enchantment and dis-enchantment in Shakespeare and early modern drama : wonder, the sacred, and the supernatural / / edited by Nandini Das and Nick Davis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2017

ISBN

1-317-29067-4

1-315-64499-1

1-317-29068-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 pages)

Collana

Routledge studies in renaissance literature and culture ; ; 33

Altri autori (Persone)

DasNandini

DavisNick <1977->

Disciplina

822.33

822.3

Soggetti

English drama - Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Demonism and disenchantment in the First part of the contention / Jesse M. Lander -- 2. Mortal, martyr, or monster? Working on the king's corpse in the Henriad / Maggie Vinter -- 3. The charm in Macbeth / E.S. Mallin -- 4. Enchanted materialism in Paracelsus, Hobbes, and Hamlet / Aaron Kitch -- 5. "Wondrous" healings " the "new philosophy", medicine and miracles on the early modern stage / Margaret Healy -- 6. "Things which are not" : idolatry and enchantment in The white devil / Chloe Porter -- 7. Charisma and the making of the misanthrope in Timon of Athens / Joan Pong Linton -- 8. "The wealthy magazine of nature" : knowledge, wonder, and gunpowder in Fletcher's The island princess / Sarah Linwick -- 9. "Almost a miracle" : penitence in The winter's tale / Sara Saylor -- 10. Ghost-stories and living monuments : brining wonders to life in The winter's tale / Erin Minear.