Staging the Superstitions of Early Modern Europe
Andrew D. McCarthy
Staging the Superstitions of Early Modern Europe
Andrew D. McCarthy
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'This illuminating collection brings together chapters on literature and history to explore how superstition permeated early modern society. A lively new must-have for all those interested in witchcraft, demonology and magic.' Marion Gibson, University of Exeter, UK 'The quality of the scholarship here is high... ten fascinating essays, which between them offer reflections on a broad range of subjects (including, but not limited to, early modern religious debates and the Reformation; the language of rhetoric; gender relations; sexuality; political affairs; violence and crime; and mind and memory)... the book is a clear success.' Journal of the Northern Renaissance ’...the collection offers a wide variety of informative and suggestive approaches to the topics it treats. ... gives its readers a heightened understanding of why magic, and superstition in general, had such a hold on many early modern citizens, while simultaneously showing how sceptical others may have been about its efficacy as a route to power or as a means of holding back the terrors of the night.’ Early Theatre 'Staging the Superstitions of Early Modern Europe provides a deep well of ideas into which the reader may dip at will. ... a useful resource for institutional libraries and scholars of early modern superstitions ...' Appositions
'This illuminating collection brings together chapters on literature and history to explore how superstition permeated early modern society. A lively new must-have for all those interested in witchcraft, demonology and magic.' Marion Gibson, University of Exeter, UK 'The quality of the scholarship here is high... ten fascinating essays, which between them offer reflections on a broad range of subjects (including, but not limited to, early modern religious debates and the Reformation; the language of rhetoric; gender relations; sexuality; political affairs; violence and crime; and mind and memory)... the book is a clear success.' Journal of the Northern Renaissance ’...the collection offers a wide variety of informative and suggestive approaches to the topics it treats. ... gives its readers a heightened understanding of why magic, and superstition in general, had such a hold on many early modern citizens, while simultaneously showing how sceptical others may have been about its efficacy as a route to power or as a means of holding back the terrors of the night.’ Early Theatre 'Staging the Superstitions of Early Modern Europe provides a deep well of ideas into which the reader may dip at will. ... a useful resource for institutional libraries and scholars of early modern superstitions ...' Appositions
Verena Theile is Assistant Professor of Early Modern Literature at North Dakota State University, USA. Andrew D. McCarthy is Assistant Professor of Early Modern Literature at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, USA.
'This illuminating collection brings together chapters on literature and history to explore how superstition permeated early modern society. A lively new must-have for all those interested in witchcraft, demonology and magic.' Marion Gibson, University of Exeter, UK 'The quality of the scholarship here is high... ten fascinating essays, which between them offer reflections on a broad range of subjects (including, but not limited to, early modern religious debates and the Reformation; the language of rhetoric; gender relations; sexuality; political affairs; violence and crime; and mind and memory)... the book is a clear success.' Journal of the Northern Renaissance ’...the collection offers a wide variety of informative and suggestive approaches to the topics it treats. ... gives its readers a heightened understanding of why magic, and superstition in general, had such a hold on many early modern citizens, while simultaneously showing how sceptical others may have been about its efficacy as a route to power or as a means of holding back the terrors of the night.’ Early Theatre 'Staging the Superstitions of Early Modern Europe provides a deep well of ideas into which the reader may dip at will. ... a useful resource for institutional libraries and scholars of early modern superstitions ...' Appositions
Verena Theile is Assistant Professor of Early Modern Literature at North Dakota State University, USA. Andrew D. McCarthy is Assistant Professor of Early Modern Literature at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, USA.