A history of crossroads in early modern culture / Bill Angus.
| Author/creator |
Angus, Bill author. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2022. |
| Copyright Notice | ̐u2022 |
| Description | 304 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | Introduction: The ways -transformation, binding and presence -- Axes: ecstatic heights and nightmare depths -- Magic: transformation and self-determination -- Music: going down to the crossroads -- Gods: appointments with the Divine -- Terminus: the night, the crossroads and the stake -- Literature: liminal ground in early modern drama -- Hallowed roads: routes to the crossroads -- Wanderers: the predicament of a stranger -- Monsters: ́spirits of another sort́ -- Protection: the X in the landscape ́ Conclusion: The parting ́ intersections. |
| Abstract | "Focusing on the crossroads in the early modern period, this book deals with the literature and history of the physical crossroads: it́s magical and religious encounters, rituals of transformation, binding of undesirable spirits, siting of gallows, associations with music, and links to ancient cosmology. Physical crossroads have been culturally vital sites where forces human, demonic and divine were felt to converge. Crossroads have seemed to render the boundaries between these spheres negotiable, subject to certain artifice and timing. They gave access to gods and facilitated deals with devils, they were potent sites for rituals intended to influence lovers or harm enemies and provided both a dramatic stage for communal activities and a burial ground for the unwanted dead cast out in ceremonies of the night."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Genre/form | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| ISBN | 9781474499828 |
| ISBN | 1474499821 |
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