author of The Pain of Reformation Joseph Campana
Long before J. L. Austin insisted that words do things, post-Reformation writers worried about the power of words., Tthe power of Afterlives of Endor is its understanding of the terrifying paranoia about witchcraft as a form of performativity. Laura Levine offers new ways of understanding witchcraft's danger and fascination.
Julia R. Lupton
This groundbreaking book discloses the anti-theatricality of demonological handbooks and the resurgence of theatricality within those manuals, despite their anti-theatrical prejudices.
author of Shakespeare Dwelling Julia R. Lupton
This groundbreaking book discloses the anti-theatricality of demonological handbooks and the resurgence of theatricality within those manuals, despite their anti-theatrical prejudices.
Jessica Winston
Exceptional, lucidly argued, innovative, often brilliant explorations of witchcraft and theatricality.
Jesse M. Lander
Consistently engaging and smart.
Joseph Campana
Long before J. L. Austin insisted that words do things, post-Reformation writers worried about the power of words., Tthe power of Afterlives of Endor is its understanding of the terrifying paranoia about witchcraft as a form of performativity. Laura Levine offers new ways of understanding witchcraft's danger and fascination.