This volume in the long-running and acclaimed Shakespeare Dictionary series is a detailed, critical reference work examining all aspects of magic, good and evil, across Shakespeare's works. Topics covered include the representation of fairies, witches, ghosts, devils and spirits.
Elizabethan Demonology: An Essay in Illustration of the Belief in the Existence of Devils, and the Powers Possessed by Them,...
The Shakespeare references in the text are made to the Globe Edition.
Part 1 of this book provides an annotated edition of Samuel Harsnett's famous attack on the practice of exorcism, which had a profound influence upon Shakespeare's conception and writing of King Lear.
August Moldenhauer's annotated version updates this classic work on demonology, witchcraft, and devils for the 21st century reader.
Ewan Fernie argues that the demonic tradition in literature offers a key to our most agonised and intimate experiences.
Elizabethan Demonology-full title-"Elizabethan Demonology An Essay in Illustration of the Belief in the Existence of Devils, and the Powers Possessed By Them, as It Was Generally Held during the Period of the Reformation, and the Times ...
Belief in the existence of Devils and their powers with special reference to Shakespeare
Hardcover reprint of the original 1880 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9. No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience.
Elizabethan Demonology
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