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Occult Knowledge, Science, and Gender on the Shakespearean Stage (Paperback)
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Occult Knowledge, Science, and Gender on the Shakespearean Stage (Paperback)
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Belief in spirits, demons and the occult was commonplace in the
early modern period, as was the view that these forces could be
used to manipulate nature and produce new knowledge. In this
groundbreaking study, Mary Floyd-Wilson explores these beliefs in
relation to women and scientific knowledge, arguing that the early
modern English understood their emotions and behavior to be
influenced by hidden sympathies and antipathies in the natural
world. Focusing on Twelfth Night, Arden of Faversham, A Warning for
Fair Women, All's Well That Ends Well, The Changeling and The
Duchess of Malfi, she demonstrates how these plays stage questions
about whether women have privileged access to nature's secrets and
whether their bodies possess hidden occult qualities. Discussing
the relationship between scientific discourse and the occult, she
goes on to argue that as experiential evidence gained scientific
ground, women's presumed intimacy with nature's secrets was either
diminished or demonized.
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