Bewitched and Bedeviled [electronic resource] : A Cognitive Approach to Embodiment in Early English Possession /
Uszkalo, K.author.
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.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Introduction : grounding rage possession -- Early diagnostics -- Contemporary theories -- Embodied spirituality/embodied cognition -- Performance/contamination -- Reconciliation/dispossession/exorcism -- Conclusion : reproducing and representing demoniacs.
Literature, Modern.
Literature—Philosophy.
Culture—Study and teaching.
History, Modern.
Philosophy.
Religion—History.
Early Modern/Renaissance Literature.
Literary Theory.
Cultural Theory.
Modern History.
History of Philosophy.
History of Religion.