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Theatre, Magic and Philosophy: William Shakespeare, John Dee and the Italian Legacy book cover

1st Edition

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

By Gabriela Dragnea Horvath Copyright 2017
256 Pages
by Routledge

270 Pages
by Routledge

270 Pages
by Routledge
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Analyzing Shakespeare's views on theatre and magic and John Dee's concerns with philosophy and magic in the light of the Italian version of philosophia perennis (mainly Marsilio Ficino, Pico della Mirandola and Giordano Bruno), this book offers a new perspective on the Italian-English cultural dialogue at the Renaissance and its contribution to intellectual history. In an interdisciplinary and... Read more

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

Biography

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.

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