This Isle is Full of Monsters

Shakespeare's Audiences and the Supernatural

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Drama History & Criticism, Nonfiction, Entertainment, Drama, Shakespeare, History, British
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Author: Jon Kaneko-James ISBN: 1230002543000
Publisher: Beul Aithris Publishing Publication: May 28, 2018
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Jon Kaneko-James
ISBN: 1230002543000
Publisher: Beul Aithris Publishing
Publication: May 28, 2018
Imprint:
Language: English

Devils crawled up from hell. Angels descended from the heavens. Sorcerers, fairies and witches moved amongst the audience. At the cusp of the Enlightenment, Tudor and Jacobean theaters were certainly places of enchantment.

But for the citizens watching the play, how much did the supernatural mean to them?

Historian Jon Kaneko-James explores the supernatural world that formed the everyday life of the 16th and 17th century audience member: from the sorcerers who walked London's streets, to demonic possession, the portrayal of witches, and the surprisingly widespread English belief in fairies

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Devils crawled up from hell. Angels descended from the heavens. Sorcerers, fairies and witches moved amongst the audience. At the cusp of the Enlightenment, Tudor and Jacobean theaters were certainly places of enchantment.

But for the citizens watching the play, how much did the supernatural mean to them?

Historian Jon Kaneko-James explores the supernatural world that formed the everyday life of the 16th and 17th century audience member: from the sorcerers who walked London's streets, to demonic possession, the portrayal of witches, and the surprisingly widespread English belief in fairies

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