Theatre, Magic and Philosophy - William Shakespeare, John Dee and the Italian Legacy

Analyzing Shakespeare's ideas on theatre and magic and John Dee's concerns with philosophy and magic in the light of Italian Neoplatonism, this book offers a new perspective on the intellectual history of Renaissance England and Italy.

List of contents

Introduction
Part I: Conceptual Framework and Historical Insights
1. Perennial Philosophy
2. The Theatre and the World
3. Magic
4. Common Features in an Interface with Religion
Part II: God, Man, Nature and the Arts
5. Worlds in Motion and the Domain of Nature
6. What a Piece of Work is Man!
7. Art as Imitatio Dei
Part III: The Sense of Wonder
8. Wonders and Cultures
9. A Poetics of Wonder
10. The Marvelous in Theatre
11. Dr Dee as Wonder Master
12. The Charmed Magician
Part IV: Vision and Spirits
13. Visual Turbulence
14. Vis imaginativa and Unsettled Fancy
15. Spiritual Beings
16. The Spirits and the Mind
Part V: The Power of Words
17. Renaissance, Reformation and Languages of Power
18. Lingua et Vox Angelica
19. What’s in a Name?
Conclusion

About the author

Gabriela Dragnea Horvath teaches for the NYU Global Liberal Studies Program in Florence and serves as general editor for the on-line publication Voyages-Journal of Contemporary Humanism.

Summary

Analyzing Shakespeare's ideas on theatre and magic and John Dee's concerns with philosophy and magic in the light of Italian Neoplatonism, this book offers a new perspective on the intellectual history of Renaissance England and Italy.

Product details

• Authors: Gabriela agnea Horvath, Gabriela Dragnea Horvath
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781472436276
• ISBN: 978-1-4724-3627-6
• No. of pages: 270
• Series: Anglo-Italian Renaissance Studies; Anglo-Italian Renaissance Studies
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Renaissance, Theatre Studies, Historiography, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Language teaching and learning, Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600, Medieval Western philosophy, Classic plays / drama