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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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Miraculous phenomena as an integral feature of Arthurian literature have always been a central focus of research, notably in approaches centering on the history of motifs and sources, and those with a structural bent. But with the new concern for issues posed by the history of mentality, problems of acculturation and functionalization have moved to centre stage. Francis Dubost's theories on the fantastic play a cardinal role in this development. These proceedings of an interdisciplinary research colloquium of the German section of the International Arthurian Society discuss the state of resear

Fantastic, The, in literature --- Arthurian romances --- Magic in literature --- History and criticism --- Fantastic, The (Aesthetics), in literature --- LEGENDE ARTHURIENNE --- MERVEILLEUX --- DANS LA LITTERATURE

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The themes of magic and the supernatural in medieval romance are here fully explored and put into the context of thinking at the time in this first full study of the subject. The world of medieval romance is one in which magic and the supernatural are constantly present: in otherwordly encounters, in the strange adventures experienced by questing knights, in the experience of the uncanny, and in marvellous objects - rings, potions, amulets, and the celebrated green girdle in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. This study looks at a wide range of medieval English romance texts, including the works of Chaucer and Malory, from a broad cultural perspective, to show that while they employ magic in order to create exotic, escapist worlds, they are also grounded in a sense of possibility, and reflect a complex web of inherited and current ideas. The bookopens with a survey of classical and biblical precedents, and of medieval attitudes to magic; subsequent chapters explore the ways that romances both reflect contemporary attitudes and ideas, and imaginatively transform them. Inparticular, the author explores the distinction between the `white magic' of healing and protection, and the more dangerous arts of `nigromancy', black magic. Also addressed is the wider supernatural, including the ways that ideasassociated with human magic can be intensified and developed in depictions of otherworldly practitioners of magic. The ambiguous figures of the enchantress and the shapeshifter are a special focus, and the faery is contrasted with the Christian supernatural - miracles, ghosts, spirits, demons and incubi. Professor CORINNE SAUNDERS Saunders teaches in the Department of English, University of Durham.

Romances, English --- Magic in literature. --- Supernatural in literature. --- History and criticism. --- Chaucer. --- Christian Supernatural. --- Enchantress. --- Faery. --- Magic. --- Malory. --- Medieval Romance. --- Nigromancy. --- Shapeshifter. --- Supernatural. --- White Magic.

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Geld in de literatuur --- Magic in literature --- Magie dans la litterature --- Magie in de literatuur --- Metafoor --- Metaphor --- Money in literature --- Monnaie dans la litterature --- Métaphore --- Parabole --- Money in literature. --- Magic in literature. --- Witchcraft in literature. --- Witchcraft in literature --- Montaigne, Michel de --- De Montaigne, Michel --- Montaigne, Michel de, --- MONTAIGNE (MICHEL EYQUEM DE), ECRIVAIN FRANCAIS, 1533-1592 --- MONNAIE --- MAGIE --- ESSAIS

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Magic, Ancient --- Magic, Greek --- Magic and poetry --- Magie ancienne --- Magie grecque --- Magie et poésie --- Sources --- Greece --- Grèce --- Religion --- Magic in literature --- Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri) --- Magic, Egyptian --- Magie --- --Antiquité --- --Littérature grecque --- --Magic in literature --- 133.43093 --- Greek papyri --- Papyri, Greek --- Manuscripts, Classical (Papyri) --- Manuscripts (Papyri) --- Greek magic --- Egyptian magic --- Coptic magic --- Philosophy & psychology Magic Ancient World --- Antiquité --- Littérature grecque