Three Jacobean Witchcraft Plays
by
Peter Corbin
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0719019532
ISBN-13
9780719019531
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Imprint
Manchester University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 20th, 1986
Print length
260 Pages
Weight
344 grams
Dimensions
21.60 x 14.10 x 2.10 cms
Product Classification:
Plays, playscriptsLiterary studies: c 1500 to c 1800Literary studies: plays & playwrights
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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 other contemporary works.
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.
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