{"product_id":"magical-imaginations-genevieve-guenther-9781442642416","title":"Magical Imaginations: Instrumental Aesthetics in the English Renaissance","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the English Renaissance, poetry was imagined to inspire moral behaviour in its readers, but the efficacy of poetry was also linked to 'conjuration, ' the theologically dangerous practice of invoking spirits with words.\u003cem\u003e Magical Imaginations\u003c\/em\u003e explores how major writers of the period - including Spenser, Marlowe, and Shakespeare - negotiated this troubling link between poetry and magic in their attempts to transform readers and audiences with the power of art. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Through analyses of texts ranging from sermons and theological treatises to medical tracts and legal documents, Genevieve Guenther sheds new light on magic as a cultural practice in early modern England. She demonstrates that magic was a highly pragmatic, even cynical endeavor infiltrating unexpected spheres - including Elizabethan taxation policy and Jacobean political philosophy. With this new understanding of early modern magic, and a fresh context for compelling readings of classic literary works, \u003cem\u003eMagical Imaginations\u003c\/em\u003e reveals the central importance of magic to English literary history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Genevieve Guenther\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1442642416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781442642416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/30\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.80d","brand":"Genevieve Guenther","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48453636096255,"sku":"9781442642416","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b4a348ce-5c99-437e-a148-f1eb010b4cfb.jpg?v=1777301335","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/magical-imaginations-genevieve-guenther-9781442642416","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}