Lexington Books
Pages: 192
Trim: 6¼ x 9⅜
978-1-4985-7551-5 • Hardback • May 2023 • $95.00 • (£73.00)
978-1-4985-7552-2 • eBook • May 2023 • $45.00 • (£35.00)
Andrew Moore is associate professor at St. Thomas University in Canada.
Chapter 1: The Ubiquity of Magic in Early Modern England
Chapter 2: Towards a Definition of Early Modern Magic: Four Conceptual Problems
Chapter 3: Magic and Materialism: Niccolò Machiavelli, Francis Bacon, and Abraham Cowley
Chapter 4: Magical Overreach in Robert Greene and Simon Forman
Chapter 5: Illusions of Power in Doctor Faustus and Francis Bacon
Chapter 6: Witch Trials and Thomas Hobbes
Chapter 7: Margaret Cavendish and the Conquest of the Blazing World
Conclusion