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Three Jacobean Witchcraft Plays

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Availability:In StockContributor:Peter CorbinSeries:Revels Companionl LibraryPublish date:1986-10-20Pages:260
Language:EnglishPublisher:Manchester University PressISBN-13:9780719019531ISBN-10:719019532UPC:9780719019531Book Category:Drama, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:European, ModernBook Topic:English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, 17th CenturySize:8.40 x 5.40 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SCFYEGY27Y
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 volume 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 commentaries explore the theatrical potential of plays which, with the exception of "The Witch of Edmonton", have been hitherto lost to the dramatic repertory.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Manchester University PressISBN-13:9780719019531ISBN-10:719019532UPC:9780719019531Book Category:Drama, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:European, ModernBook Topic:English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, 17th CenturySize:8.40 x 5.40 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SCFYEGY27Y
Peter Corbin was General Editor of the Revels Plays Companion Library and is Honorary Fellow in the School of Drama and Music at the University of Exeter
Publisher: Manchester University Press

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