LEADER 03574nam 22007094a 450 001 9910456840603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-53754-7 010 $a9786612537547 010 $a0-226-50129-9 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226501291 035 $a(CKB)2550000000007461 035 $a(EBL)485974 035 $a(OCoLC)609634774 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000777413 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12261149 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000777413 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10755931 035 $a(PQKB)11089720 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000361548 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11267666 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000361548 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10353217 035 $a(PQKB)11720763 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000122044 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC485974 035 $a(DE-B1597)522699 035 $a(OCoLC)1135585090 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226501291 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL485974 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10366805 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL253754 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000007461 100 $a20051019d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIn the company of demons$b[electronic resource] $eunnatural beings, love, and identity in the Italian Renaissance /$fArmando Maggi 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (257 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-50131-0 311 $a0-226-50130-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [219]-230) and index. 327 $aTo read the body of a monster -- To recall the spirits past -- The shadows and their beloved bodies -- What does human mean? 330 $aWho are the familiar spirits of classical culture and what is their relationship to Christian demons? In its interpretation of Latin and Greek culture, Christianity contends that Satan is behind all classical deities, semi-gods, and spiritual creatures, including the gods of the household, the lares and penates.But with In the Company of Demons, the world's leading demonologist Armando Maggi argues that the great thinkers of the Italian Renaissance had a more nuanced and perhaps less sinister interpretation of these creatures or spiritual bodies. Maggi leads us straight to the heart of what Italian Renaissance culture thought familiar spirits were. Through close readings of Giovan Francesco Pico della Mirandola, Strozzi Cigogna, Pompeo della Barba, Ludovico Sinistrari, and others, we find that these spirits or demons speak through their sudden and striking appearances-their very bodies seen as metaphors to be interpreted. The form of the body, Maggi explains, relies on the spirits' knowledge of their human interlocutors' pasts. But their core trait is compassion, and sometimes their odd, eerie arrivals are seen as harbingers or warnings to protect us. It comes as no surprise then that when spiritual beings distort the natural world to communicate, it is vital that we begin to listen. 606 $aDevil$xHistory of doctrines$yMiddle Ages, 600-1500 606 $aRenaissance 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aDevil$xHistory of doctrines 615 0$aRenaissance. 676 $a133.4/2094509031 700 $aMaggi$b Armando$0969806 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456840603321 996 $aIn the company of demons$92288359 997 $aUNINA