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Bewitched and Bedeviled A Cognitive Approach to Embodiment in Early English Possession

Description

Narratives of possession have survived in early English medical and philosophical treatises. Using ideas derived from cognitive science, this study moves through the stages of possession and exorcism to describe how the social, religious, and medical were internalized to create the varied manifestations of demon possession in early modern England.

Keywords

Literary CriticismModernSemiotics & TheorySocial ScienceHistoryPhilosophyHistory & SurveysReligionLanguage Arts & DisciplinesLinguisticsHistorical & ComparativeAnthropologyCultural & Social

2015Book

Author(s)K. Uszkalo

PublisherPalgrave Macmillan US

ISBN9781137512246

LanguageEnglish

SpringerLink Book

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