{"product_id":"the-meanings-of-magic-from-the-bible-to-buffalo-bill-9781845451783","title":"The Meanings of Magic: From the Bible to Buffalo","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tThe notion of \"magic\" is a current popular culture phenomenon. Harry Potter, the Lord of the Rings, the commercial glamour of the footballer and the pop idol surround us with their charisma, enchantment, and charm. But magic also exerts a terrifying political hold upon us: bin Laden's alleged March 28 e-mail message spoke of the attacks on America in form of \"crushing its towers, disgracing its arrogance, undoing its magic.\" The nine scholars included in this volume consider the cultural power of magic, from early Christianity and the ancient Mediterranean to the curious film career of Buffalo Bill, focusing on topics such as Surrealism, France in the classical age, alchemy, and American fundamentalism, ranging from popular to elite magic, from theory to practice, from demonology to exoticism, from the magic of memory to the magic of the stage. As these essays show, magic defines the limit of both science and religion but as such remains indefinable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e\"While there is not clear theme that binds such a divers range of essays together, the book's diversity is in fact one of its pleasures. It will lead students and scholars into areas they might not be familiar with or in which they previously had not interest.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  MLR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e \tList of Illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/b\u003e Magic, Glamour, Curses\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eAmy Wygant\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePART I: MAGIC AND GOD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/b\u003e Magic and the Millennium\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eDavid S. Katz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/b\u003e Showman or Shaman? The Acts of a Biblical Prophet\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eMark Brummitt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/b\u003e Curse Tablets and Binding Spells in the Greco-Roman World\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eJohn G. Gager\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/b\u003e Magic, Healing and Early Christianity: Consumption and Competition\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eJustin Meggitt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePART II: MAGIC, CULTURE, SCIENCE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/b\u003e All the Devils: Port-Royal and Pedagogy in Seventeenth-Century France\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eNicholas Hammond\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/b\u003e The Magic of French Culture: Transforming \"Savages\" into French Catholics in Seventeenth-Century France\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eSara E. Melzer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/b\u003e A Magus of the North? Professor John Ferguson and his Library\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eDavid Weston\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/b\u003e The Golden Fleece and Harry Potter\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eAmy Wygant\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/b\u003e Cowboys and Magicians: Buffalo Bill, Houdini and Real Magic\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eRonald G. Walters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/b\u003e The Search for a New Dimension: Surrealism and Magic\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eAlyce Mahon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tNotes on Contributors\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042967421271,"sku":"9781845451783","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781845451783.jpg?v=1750956441","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-meanings-of-magic-from-the-bible-to-buffalo-bill-9781845451783","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}