xviii, 308 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-296) and index.
Form
Also issued online.
Contents
Renaissance magic and the return of the Golden Age -- Art and magic in the philosophy of Marsilio Ficino -- Pico della Mirandola : Christian Cabala, theurgy, and universal reformation -- Cornelius Agrippa and the dissemination of Renaissance magic -- Magic, science, and witchcraft in Renaissance England -- Vision and illusion in Marlowe's Dr. Faustus -- The renaissance magus as mock-hero : Utopianism and religious enthusiasm in Ben Jonson's The alchemist -- Neoclassicism and the scientific frame of mind : Ben Jonson and "mystick symboles" -- Magic as love and faith : Shakespeare's The tempest.
Summary
Studies Renaissance occultism and discusses how it influenced the work of popular artists and writers from the Renaissance, including Ben Jonson, Christopher Marlowe, and William Shakespeare.