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Staging the superstitions of early modern Europe / edited by Verena Theile and Andrew McCarthy.

Contents: Introduction -- Popular magic, witchcraft, and Lutheran religious literature/ Peter A. Morton -- "Let not phantasies misgouerne you": entertainment as religious polemic (the case of Barnabe Riche)/ Adam H. Kitzes -- Early modern literary engagements with fear, witchcraft, the devil, and that damned Dr. Faustus/ Verena Theile -- The supernatural on the stage: an analysis of early modern literary and theatrical representations of Lancashire's witches and demons/ Deborah Lea -- Vision on trial in The late Lancashire witches/ Meg F. Pearson -- The joint-stool on the early modern stage: witches, wives and murderers in Macbeth and Arden of Faversham /Kristina E. Caton -- The medicalization of "midnight hags": perverting post-menopausal and political motherhood in Macbeth /Hilda H. Ma -- "Such a sinner of his memory": Prospero, Bruno, and the failures of neo-Platonic memory magic /Liberty Stanavage -- Prophesies, dreams, and the plays of John Lyly /Per Sivefors -- Travelers' tales: magic and superstition on early modern European and London stages /M.A. Katritzky.