Enchantment and Dis-Enchantment in Shakespeare and Early Modern Drama: Wonder, the Sacred, and the Supernatural

by Nick Davis

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This volume addresses dealings with the wondrous, magical, holy, sacred, sainted, numinous, uncanny, auratic, and sacral in the plays of Shakespeare and contemporaries, produced in an era often associated with the irresistible rise of a thinned-out secular rationalism. By starting from the literary text and looking outwards to social, cultural, and historical aspects, it comes to grips with the instabilities of 'enchanted' and 'disenchanted' practices...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0367175762

ISBN13:9780367175764

Release Date:January 2019

Publisher:Routledge

Length:194 Pages

Weight:0.62 lbs.

Dimensions:0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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