Studies Renaissance occultism and discusses how it influenced the work of popular artists and writers from the Renaissance, including Ben Jonson, Christopher Ma

For all their pride in seeing this world clearly, the thinkers and artists of the English Renaissance were also fascinated by magic and the occult. The three gr

A collection of materials, including works of literature as well as historical documents, this work provides a broad view of how witches and magicians were repr

For the people of early modern England, the dividing line between the natural and supernatural worlds was both negotiable and porous - particularly when it came

Engaging with fiction and history-and reading both genres as texts permeated with early modern anxieties, desires, and apprehensions-this collection scrutinizes