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This volume in the long-running and acclaimed Shakespeare Dictionary series is a detailed, critical reference work examining all aspects of magic, good and evil, across Shakespeare's works. Topics covered include the representation of fairies, witches, ghosts, devils and spirits.

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The authors show passionate attention to Shakespeare's language, a sound grasp of the historical and social background, and devoted bibliographical trawling... This is a delightful and useful volume; in every case the authors discuss the critical literature, provide helpful comment, and supply a splendid, though necessarily selective, bibliography. -- Marina Warner CBE, Fellow of University of Oxford, UK Around The Globe Modeled on both demonologies and demonological thinking of the time, and in the context of the Bard's canon, this dictionary examines many aspects of magic and the ways in which these aspects informed Shakespeare's images, characterizations, and plots, creating an entire genre in its own right, with its own politics and rules. Varying in length and alphabetically organized, the comprehensive, informative entries define the terms and offer multiple synonyms in see also references. A comprehensive bibliography and detailed index complete the book, which should interest any reader, scholar, or teacher of Shakespeare. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower-level undergraduates through researchers/faculty. -- P. Kujoory, Collin College CHOICE Shakespeare's Demonology is indeed a clear and up-to-date comprehensive guide, reader-friendly, covering most of Shakespeare's works. Each entry provides an impressive overview and is scrupulously divided into several sections. A very helpful tool for Shakespearians who will find instructive details and precise data on the Bard's demonological hints, sources and quotes. As such, it certainly deserves to be widely read. -- Sophie Chiari Review from Le Cercle

The authors show passionate attention to Shakespeare's language, a sound grasp of the historical and social background, and devoted bibliographical trawling... This is a delightful and useful volume; in every case the authors discuss the critical literature, provide helpful comment, and supply a splendid, though necessarily selective, bibliography. -- Marina Warner CBE, Fellow of University of Oxford, UK * Around The Globe * Modeled on both demonologies and demonological thinking of the time, and in the context of the Bard's canon, this dictionary examines many aspects of magic and the ways in which these aspects informed Shakespeare's images, characterizations, and plots, creating an entire genre in its own right, with its own politics and rules. Varying in length and alphabetically organized, the comprehensive, informative entries define the terms and offer multiple synonyms in see also references. A comprehensive bibliography and detailed index complete the book, which should interest any reader, scholar, or teacher of Shakespeare. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower-level undergraduates through researchers/faculty. -- P. Kujoory, Collin College * CHOICE * Shakespeare's Demonology is indeed a clear and up-to-date comprehensive guide, reader-friendly, covering most of Shakespeare's works. Each entry provides an impressive overview and is scrupulously divided into several sections. A very helpful tool for Shakespearians who will find instructive details and precise data on the Bard's demonological hints, sources and quotes. As such, it certainly deserves to be widely read. -- Sophie Chiari * Review from Le Cercle * A valuable book indeed ... The book is rewarding as a source of information and a delightful volume to dip into at leisure ... Gibson and Esra provide an entertaining, amazingly informative volume. Every scholar of Renaissance literature should have a copy at hand. * Shakespeare Newsletter * With detailed entries on all aspects of Shakespeare's language, characterization, sources, themes, and imagery related broadly to demonology, the book is an invaluable resource for both students and scholars. Its excellent cross-referencing and extensive bibliography of scholarship will be especially useful. * SEL: Studies in English Literature 1500-1900 *

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Marion Gibson is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Exeter, UK. Her publications include Reading Witchcraft (1999), Possession, Puritanism and Print (2006) and Witchcraft Myths in American Culture (2007). Jo Ann Esra is a Doctoral student at the University of Exeter.

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