Exorcism and Its Texts : Subjectivity in Early Modern Literature of England and Spain.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (358 pages)
- University of Toronto Romance Series .
- University of Toronto Romance Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue - A Force Within: The Importance of Demonic Possession for Early Modern Studies -- A Paradigm of Theologemes for Literary Exorcism -- Introduction: The Morphology of Exorcism, or a Grammar of Possession in Spanish and English Literature, 1550-1700 -- 1 Demoniacs in the Drama: Theatricalities of Comic Possession and the Exorcism of the Body Politic -- The Demon Enters the Body: Alonso de la Vega's La duquesa de la rosa -- Symptoms of Possession: Jonson's The Devil is an Ass -- Demonic Polyglossia: Ruggle's Ignoramus -- The Coach: Jonson's Volpone -- The Exorcist: Shakespeare's Twelfth Night -- The Lovers' Ruse: The Bugbears -- The (Mock) Exorcism: Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors -- Binding the Body: Timoneda's Los menemnos -- Relics, Holy Water, and Other Props: Shadwell's The Lancashire Witches -- The Successful Exorcism: El pleyto que tuvo el diablo -- Exorcizing the Body Politic: Zamora's El hechizado por fuerza and Middleton's The Phoenix -- 2 Possessed Pícaros and Satanic Satire -- An Erasmian View of Lazarillos Fifth Tratado -- Another Pícaro and Another Alguacil endemoniado: Quevedo's Buscón, Sueños, Satirical Poetry, and La endemoniada fingida -- Alguacil endemoniado or Demonio alguacilado? -- 'The Experienced Mysteries of Damnation' -- 'Da ... al discurso miedo': The Printing of Forbidden Knowledge -- 'Libido sciendi' -- 3 Romance, the Interlude, and Hagiographical Drama: The Humanization of Possession and Exorcism -- Romance, the Interlude, and the Restoration of Order: Cervantes' Persiles and Lope's La endemoniada -- Rebirth and Hagiography: Cervantes' El rufián dichoso -- 'False Miracles and Apocryphal Things': Cervantes and the Debate over the Comedia de santos -- Saint = Exorcist: Calderón's Las cadenas del demonio and Lope's El divino africano. 4 Tragedy As the Absence or Failure of Exorcism -- The Relationship of Satire to Tragedy: Harsnett's Declaration -- Exorcism as Neo-Aristotelian Catharsis: King Lear -- The Demon As Scapegoat: A Yorkshire Tragedy, with a Note on Othello and Macbeth -- Tragedy, Possession, and Performativity: Hamlet -- 5 Self-Exorcism and the Rise of the Novel -- Poltergeists and Wizards: Supernatural Pranks in Part I of Don Quijote -- Mysterious Caves and Flying Horses: Diabolical Humour in Part II of Don Quijote -- Lucid Intervals and a Wise Enchanter: Demonic Possession in Don Quijote -- The Paradox of Self-Exorcism -- Self-Exorcism and the Rise of the Autonomous Novelistic Character -- Conclusion: Liturgy in Literature, or Early Modern Literary Theory and the Christian Legitimate Marvellous -- Epilogue: Problematizing the Category of 'Demonic Possession' -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Illustrations.
In Exorcism and Its Texts, Hilaire Kallendorf demonstrates how this 'infection' was represented in some thirty works of literature by fifteen different authors, ranging from canonical classics to obscure works by anonymous writers.
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English literature-Early modern, 1500-1700-History and criticism. Exorcism in literature. Spanish literature-Classical period, 1500-1700-History and criticism. Comparative literature-English and Spanish. Comparative literature-Spanish and English. Christianity and literature-England. Christianity and literature-Spain. Demoniac possession in literature. Subjectivity in literature. Human body in literature.