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Author Covino, William A.

Title Magic, rhetoric, and literacy : an eccentric history of the composing imagination / William A. Covino
Published Albany : State University of New York Press, [1994]
©1994

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 W'PONDS  809.3876 C8739/M  AVAILABLE
Description ix, 189 pages ; 24 cm
Series SUNY series, literacy, culture, and learning
SUNY series, literacy, culture, and learning.
Contents Introduction: Articulate and Inarticulate Power -- Ch. 1. Magic, Rhetoric, and Literacy. Magic. Rhetoric. Literacy -- Ch. 2. The Interanimation of Phantasms. The History of Phantasy. Renaissance Magic Rhetoric in the Light of Faith. Agrippa's Occult Philosophy -- Ch. 3. Parcels and Palimpsests. From Magic to Science. Natural Language Nationalized. Magic and Romanticism. De Quincey's Palimpsest -- Ch. 4. Magic Consciousness. Burke's Magic. Adorno Against Occultism. Marcuse's Universe of Discourse. Freire's Magic Consciousness -- Ch. 5. Grimoires and Witches. Arresting the New Age. The National Enquirer. Magic Nuggets and Tabloid Epistemology. Oprah and the Witches
Analysis Magic (Occultism)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-184) and index
Subject Literacy.
Magic.
Rhetoric.
LC no. 93041344
ISBN 0791420833
0791420841