Three Jacobean Witchcraft Plays (Paperback, New Ed)

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 book - "Sophonisba," "The Witch" and "The Witch of Edmonton "- 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: T"he Masque of Queenes"; "Dr Faustus"; "Macbeth" and "The Tempest." The introduction and detailed commentaries explore the considerable theatrical potential of plays which, with the exception of "The Witch of Edmonton," have been hitherto lost to the dramatic repertory.

General

Imprint:	Manchester University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 1986
First published:	1986
Authors:	Peter Corbin
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	260
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-7190-1953-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 16th to 18th centuries Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Plays & playwrights > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Drama texts, plays > General
LSN:	0-7190-1953-2
Barcode:	9780719019531

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