Bewitched and Bedeviled

A Cognitive Approach to Embodiment in Early English Possession

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Theory, Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
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Author: K. Uszkalo ISBN: 9781137498229
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US Publication: January 18, 2016
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Language: English
Author: K. Uszkalo
ISBN: 9781137498229
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication: January 18, 2016
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: English

Narratives of possession have survived in early English medical and philosophical treatises. Using ideas derived from cognitive science, this study moves through the stages of possession and exorcism to describe how the social, religious, and medical were internalized to create the varied manifestations of demon possession in early modern England.

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Narratives of possession have survived in early English medical and philosophical treatises. Using ideas derived from cognitive science, this study moves through the stages of possession and exorcism to describe how the social, religious, and medical were internalized to create the varied manifestations of demon possession in early modern England.

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