Shakespeare's Demonology - A Dictionary

Zusatztext It is a work that will be of great use to scholars of the sixteenth century English culture and of demonology. Informationen zum Autor Marion Gibson is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Exeter, UK. Her publications include Reading Witchcraft (Routledge, 1999), Possession, Puritanism and Print (Pickering and Chatto, 2006) and Witchcraft Myths in American Culture (Routledge, 2007). Jo Ann Esra is Jo Esra is Associate Lecturer at the College of Humanities, University of Exeter, UK. A detailed critical reference source of the significance and representation of witches, devils, fairies, spirits, ghosts and magic across Shakespeare's works. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Editor's PrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroduction AbbreviationsA-Z entriesSelect BibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Jo Ann Esra, Esra Jo Ann, Marion Gibson
• Publisher: Arden shakespeare
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2017
• EAN: 9781474253956
• ISBN: 978-1-4742-5395-6
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Arden Shakespeare
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Reference, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Reference works, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean