‘Faustus’ and the Politics of Magic
Charles Nicholl, 8 March 1990
Dr Faustus
by Christopher Marlowe, edited by Roma Gill.
Black, 109 pp., £3.95, December 1989,0 7136 3231 3 Show More
by Christopher Marlowe, edited by Roma Gill.
Black, 109 pp., £3.95, December 1989,
Renaissance Magic and the Return of the Golden Age: The Occult Tradition and Marlowe, Jonson and Shakespeare
by John Mebane.
Nebraska, 309 pp., £26.95, July 1989,0 8032 3133 4 Show More
by John Mebane.
Nebraska, 309 pp., £26.95, July 1989,
Robert Fludd and the End of the Renaissance
by William Huffman.
Routledge, 252 pp., £30, November 1989,0 415 00129 3 Show More
by William Huffman.
Routledge, 252 pp., £30, November 1989,
Prophecy and Power: Astrology in Early Modern England
by Patrick Curry.
Polity, 238 pp., £27.50, September 1989,0 7456 0604 0 Show More
by Patrick Curry.
Polity, 238 pp., £27.50, September 1989,
“... Yates, D.P. Walker and Peter French. In Renaissance Magic and the Return of the Golden Age, John Mebane offers an inclusive, deeply researched overview of the subject. He examines the many component parts of Renaissance occultism. It was, in the spirit of the time, a recovery of ancient sources. Its philosophical base was Neoplatonic and ... ”
