RENAISSANCE MAGIC & The Return Of The Golden Age - John S. Mebane (PB, Nebraska University Press)

In Renaissance Magic and the Return of the Golden Age John S. Mebane reevaluates the significance of occult philosophy in Renaissance thought and literature, constructing the most detailed historical context for his subject yet attempted. He considers the thinkers and artists of the English Renaissance were fascinated by magic and the occult. The three greatest playwrights of the period devoted major plays (The Tempest, Doctor Faustus, The Alchemist) to magic, Francis Bacon often referred to it, and it was ever-present in the visual arts. An important study of renaissance occultism.