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Preternature V2:1 (Preternature: Critical and Historical Studies on the Preternatural)

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Preternature V2.1 is concerned with devices—devices with power. Ranging from enchanted swords to Japanese cursing kits, from occult potions to a corpse, the four essays in this issue examine how these devices were understood by their users, and why they were believed to have extraordinary powers to influence the world beyond the natural. Why do enchanted weapons feature so prominently in early Irish literature? What do they tell us about the mental universe of the people who read about them? How did Renaissance medical practitioners distinguish a poison from an occult potion—and why did it matter for them? After the English Civil War, why was there so much interest in the corpses of Oliver Cromwell and Charles I? And, turning to the modern age, what accounts for the growth of the practice of Ushi no Koku Mairi in Japan, and the availability of online cursing kits? The collection of essays is rounded out with a number of extended book reviews that examine some of the recent scholarship on the preternatural. —Richard Raiswell, Editor of Preternature: Critical and Historical Studies on the Preternatural

Pages: 142

Format: Kindle Edition

Publisher: PSUPJ

Release: March 15, 2013

Preternature V2:1 (Preternature: Critical and Historical Studies on the Preternatural)

0/5 ( ratings)

Preternature V2.1 is concerned with devices—devices with power. Ranging from enchanted swords to Japanese cursing kits, from occult potions to a corpse, the four essays in this issue examine how these devices were understood by their users, and why they were believed to have extraordinary powers to influence the world beyond the natural. Why do enchanted weapons feature so prominently in early Irish literature? What do they tell us about the mental universe of the people who read about them? How did Renaissance medical practitioners distinguish a poison from an occult potion—and why did it matter for them? After the English Civil War, why was there so much interest in the corpses of Oliver Cromwell and Charles I? And, turning to the modern age, what accounts for the growth of the practice of Ushi no Koku Mairi in Japan, and the availability of online cursing kits? The collection of essays is rounded out with a number of extended book reviews that examine some of the recent scholarship on the preternatural. —Richard Raiswell, Editor of Preternature: Critical and Historical Studies on the Preternatural

Pages: 142

Format: Kindle Edition

Publisher: PSUPJ

Release: March 15, 2013

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