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""It is difficult to assess an explanation of a belief, or a belief system in words,"" Tobienne begins, ""and harder still to assign signification to such inexplicable conviction[s]."" This book addresses the often blurred line[s] between magic, religion, and

Spanish literature --- Magic in literature. --- History and criticism.

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To what extent were practitioners of magic inspired by fictional accounts of their art? In how far did the daunting narratives surrounding legendary magicians such as Theophilus of Adana, Cyprianus of Antioch, Johann Georg Faust or Agrippa of Nettesheim rely on real-world events or practices? Fourteen original case studies present material from late antiquity to the twenty-first century and explore these questions in a systematic manner. By coining the notion of 'fictional practice', the editors discuss the emergence of novel, imaginative types of magic from the nineteenth century onwards when fiction and practice came to be more and more intertwined or even fully amalgamated. This is the first comparative study that systematically relates fiction and practice in the history of magic.

Magic --- Literature and morals. --- Magic in literature --- History. --- History.

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"In Inscribed Power, Ryan D. Giles explores the function of amuletic prayers, divine names, and incantation formulas that were inscribed and printed on parchment, paper and other media, and at the same time inserted into classic literary works in Spain. Giles' insightful analysis of the intersection between amulets and literary texts offers fresh and original interpretations of well-known texts such as the Poema de mío Cid, the Libro de Alexandre, Canitgas de Santa Maria, the Libro de buen amor, Celestina, Lazarillo de Tormes, and the Buscón. Inscribed Power is a fascinating work that highlights specific amuletic texts that were used to heal, protect, or otherwise provide a blessing or curse to discover how their powers could influence fictional lives at different moments in the development of Spanish literature."--

Spanish literature --- Magic in literature. --- Spanish literature. --- History and criticism. --- To 1500

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Considering a variety of questions centering on magic and, or in, performance, this volume furthers the debate about the cultural work performed by representations of magic on the early modern English stage. Collectively the essays show that the idea of transformation applies not only to the objects and subjects of magic, but that the plays themselves can be seen as working to effect transformation in the ways that they challenge contemporary assumptions and stereotypes.

English literature --- Theatrical science --- Drama --- anno 1500-1599 --- English drama --- Magic in literature --- Theater --- Théâtre (genre littéraire) anglais --- Magie --- History and criticism --- History --- Histoire et critique --- Dans la littérature --- Histoire et critique. --- Dans la littérature. --- Magic in literature.

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This is the first in-depth study of Apuleius' Metamorphoses to look at the different attitudes characters adopt towards magic as a key to deciphering the complex dynamics of the entire work. The variety of responses to magic is unveiled in the narrative as the protagonist Lucius encounters an assortment of characters, either in embedded tales or in the main plot. A contextualized approach illuminates Lucius' relatively good fortune when compared to other characters in the novel - this results from his involvement with the magic of a sorcerer's apprentice, rather than that of a real witch, and signals the possibility of eventual salvation. A careful investigation of Lucius' attitude towards Isis in book 11 and his relationship with the witch-slave girl Photis earlier on suggests that the novel's final book may be read as a second "Metamorphoses", consciously rewritten from a positive perspective. Last but not least, the book also breaks new ground by examining the narrative structure of the Metamorphoses against the background of the typical plotline found in the ideal romance. The comparison shows how Apuleius both follows and alters this plot, exploiting the genre to his own specific ends, in keeping with his central theme of metamorphosis.

Magic in literature. --- Magie dans la littérature --- Apuleius. --- Apuleius -- Madaurensis. -- Metamorphoses. --- Apuleius. -- Metamorphoses. --- Apuleius. Metamorphoses. --- Witches in literature. --- Ancient Magic. --- Ancient Novel. --- Genre. --- Isis. --- Narrative. --- Apulée (0125?-0180?). Les métamorphoses --- Magie --- Dans la littérature