Fictional Practice: Magic, Narration, and the Power of Imagination

by Bernd-Christian Otto, and Dirk Johannsen, University of Erlangen-Nuremburg

To what extent were practitioners of magic inspired by fictional accounts of their art? In how far did the daunting narratives surrounding legendary magicians such as Theophilus of Adana, Cyprianus of Antioch, Johann Georg Faust or Agrippa of Nettesheim rely on real-world events or practices? Fourteen original case studies present material from late antiquity to the twenty-first century and explore these questions in a systematic manner. By coining...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004465995
• ISBN13: 9789004465992
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 384 Pages