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Renaissance magic and the return of the Golden Age : the occult tradition and Marlowe, Jonson, and Shakespeare
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- Creator
- John S. Mebane
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [1989]
- ©1989
- Physical Details
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- 309 pages ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780803231337, 0803231334
- OCLC
- ocm18224175
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages 250-296.
- Renaissance magic and the return of the Golden Age -- Art and magic in the philosophy of Marsilio Ficino -- Pico della Mirandola : Christian Cabala, theurgy, and universal reformation -- Cornelius Agrippa and the dissemination of Renaissance magic -- Magic, science, and witchcraft in Renaissance England -- Vision and illusion in Marlowe's Dr. Faustus -- The renaissance magus as mock-hero : Utopianism and religious enthusiasm in Ben Jonson's The alchemist -- Neoclassicism and the scientific frame of mind : Ben Jonson and "mystick symboles" -- Magic as love and faith : Shakespeare's The tempest
Subjects
- Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593. Doctor Faustus.
- Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637. Alchemist.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Tempest.
- English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism.
- English drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism.
- Occultism in literature.
- Magic in literature.
- Golden age (Mythology) in literature.
- Renaissance -- England.