Three Jacobean Witchcraft Plays

Three Jacobean Witchcraft Plays
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Publisher : Manchester University Press
Total Pages : 276
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ISBN-10 : 0719019532
ISBN-13 : 9780719019531
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Book Synopsis Three Jacobean Witchcraft Plays by : Peter Corbin

Download or read book Three Jacobean Witchcraft Plays written by Peter Corbin and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Jacobean society, witchcraft was a potent and very real force, an area of sharp controversy in which King James I himself participated and a phenomenon that attracted many dramatists and writers. The three plays in this book - Sophonisba, The Witch and The Witch of Edmonton - reflect the variety of belief in witches and practice of witchcraft in the Jacobean period. Jacobean understanding of witchcraft is illuminated by the close study of these contrasting texts in relation to each other and to other contemporary works: The Masque of Queenes; Dr Faustus; Macbeth and The Tempest. The introduction and detailed commentaries explore the considerable theatrical potential of plays which, with the exception of The Witch of Edmonton, have been hitherto lost to the dramatic repertory.


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