Magic and Masculinity in Early Modern English Drama

by Ian McAdam

The prevalent worldview of early modern England, clearly shaped by Protestantism, dismissed magical belief as an ideological delusion inherent in Catholicism. That same Protestantism encouraged a strong sense of individualism, with its emphasis on self-transformation, through which a new masculinity found expression. Why, then, did magical self-empowerment retain such a hold on the artistic and cultural imagination of early modern English society?...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820704245
• ISBN13: 9780820704241
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 466 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.