A history of crossroads in early modern culture. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Bill Angus.
• Authors: Angus, Bill
• Contents: Introduction: The ways -transformation, binding and presence -- Axes: ecstatic heights and nightmare depths -- Magic: transformation and self-determination -- Music: going down to the crossroads -- Gods: appointments with the Divine -- Terminus: the night, the crossroads and the stake -- Literature: liminal ground in early modern drama -- Hallowed roads: routes to the crossroads -- Wanderers: the predicament of a stranger -- Monsters: ‘spirits of another sort’ -- Protection: the X in the landscape – Conclusion: The parting – intersections.
• Publisher Details: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press
• Publication Date: 2022
• Copyright Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource (312 pages)
• Subjects: 809; English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism; Roads -- Interchanges and intersections; English literature -- Early modern; Roads -- Interchanges and intersections; Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781474499859
• Related ISBNs: 9781474499828; 9781474499835
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