Bewitched and Bedevilled

A Cognitive Approach to Embodiment in Early English Possession
2015. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-51224-6
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 263 Seiten, Format (B × H): 137 mm x 213 mm, Gewicht: 4532 g

Reihe: Cognitive Studies in Literature and Performance

Narratives of possession have survived in early English medical and philosophical treatises. Using ideas derived from cognitive science, this study moves through the stages of possession and exorcism to describe how the social, religious, and medical were internalized to create the varied manifestations of demon possession in early modern England.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Uszkalo, K.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Grounding Rage Possession 1. Early Diagnostics 2. Contemporary Theories 3. Embodied Spirituality Embodied Cognition 4. Performance Contamination 5. Reconciliation Dispossession Exorcism Conclusion: Reproducing and Representing Demoniacs

Über Autor(innen)

Kirsten C. Uszkalo is the Editor of 'Preternature: Critical and Historical Studies in the Preternatural.' She received her PhD from the University of Alberta.