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Modern Enchantments
Language: en
Pages: 349
Authors: Simon During
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-03-01 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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Magic, Simon During suggests, has helped shape modern culture. Devoted to this deceptively simple proposition, During's superlative work, written over the cours
Modern Enchantments
Language: en
Pages: 325
Authors: Simon During
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-06-30 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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“A history of “secular,” or non-supernatural, or entertainment magic as an important but neglected constituent of modern culture” (Nicholas Daly). Magic
The Enchantment of Modern Life
Language: en
Pages: 223
Authors: Jane Bennett
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-11-22 - Publisher: Princeton University Press

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It is a commonplace that the modern world cannot be experienced as enchanted--that the very concept of enchantment belongs to past ages of superstition. Jane Be
The Enchantments of Mammon
Language: en
Pages: 817
Authors: Eugene McCarraher
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-11-12 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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“An extraordinary work of intellectual history as well as a scholarly tour de force, a bracing polemic, and a work of Christian prophecy...McCarraher challeng
Enchantment
Language: en
Pages: 166
Authors: Patrick Curry
Categories: Body, Mind & Spirit
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-10-17 - Publisher: Floris Books

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Enchantment is a profound human experience. When we encounter wonder, awe or amazement, that is enchantment. Enchantment can reveal profound truths, lead to dee