Renaissance Magic and the Return of the Golden Age

John S. Mebane, an associate professor of English at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, is the author of articles and essays in South Atlantic Review, Renaissance Papers, and Renaissance Drama.

"John Mebane examines the many component parts of Renaissance occultism ... [and] offers an inclusive, deeply researched overview of the subject."-London Review of Books London Review of Books "An excellent discussion of the crosscurrents of Renaissance philosophies of the occult and their impact upon Marlowe, Jonson, and Shakespeare. [Mebane's] review of Hermetic, cabalistic, and Neoplatonic theories will guide new students; his review of pertinent scholarship, especially that of Frances Yates, will aid the scholar."-Choice Choice