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Shakespeare’s Demonology

A Dictionary

by Jo Ann Esra & Marion Gibson

  • First published:
  • 21st century
  • Language: English

Description

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This volume in the long-running and acclaimed Shakespeare Dictionary series is a detailed, critical reference work examining all aspects of magic, good and evil, across Shakespeare's works. Topics covered include the representation of fairies, witches, ghosts, devils and spirits.

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Demonology, angelology, and possession, Legendary beings and transformations, Ritual magic and grimoires, and Witchcraft and folk magic.

  • Ritual magic and grimoires

    Retained metadata contains “Magic” in the description and “Magic” in the subject metadata.

    • “Magic”· in description
    • “Magic”· in subject
  • Witchcraft and folk magic

    Retained metadata contains “witches” in the description.

    • “witches”· in description
  • Demonology, angelology, and possession

    Controlled discovery queries from crossref and openalex matched “demonology”. Retained metadata contains “Demonology” in the title, “Demonology” in the subject metadata, and “Demonology” in the edition title.

    • “demonology”· via Crossref
    • “demonology”· via OpenAlex
    • “Demonology”· in title
    • “Demonology”· in subject
    • “Demonology”· in edition title
  • Legendary beings and transformations

    Retained metadata contains “Fairies” in the description.

    • “Fairies”· in description

Membership records how this book met the catalog’s discovery criteria — relevance to a tradition, not a judgment of the book’s claims.

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Editions

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A Dictionary

Crossref publisher-supplied book record

2014Bloomsbury Publishing Plc; Bloomsbury Publishing plc; Bloomsbury Publishing Plc eBooksEnglish
  • 9780826498342
  • 9781472500403
Unknown

Subjects

18 subject headings

Identifiers & provenance

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Catalog id
crossref:10.5040/9781472500403
Edition coverage
Multi source partial
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