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Overview"This book presents a selective, introductory reading of key texts in the history of magic from antiquity forward, in order to construct a suggestive conceptual framework for disrupting our conventional notions about rhetoric and literacy. Offering an overarching, pointed synthesis of the interpenetration of magic, rhetoric, and literacy, William A. Covino draws from theorists ranging from Plato and Cornelius Agrippa to Paulo Freire and Mary Daly, and analyzes the different magics that operate in Renaissance occult philosophy and Romantic literature, as well as in popular indicators of mass literacy such as ""The Oprah Winfrey Show"" and The National Enquirer. Magic, Rhetoric, and Literacy distinguishes two kinds of magic-rhetoric that continue to affect our psychological and cultural life today. Generative magic-rhetoric creates novel possibilities for action, within a broad sympathetic universe of signs and symbols. Arresting magic-rhetoric attempts to induce automatistic behavior, by inculcating rules and maxims that function like magic ritual formulas: JUST SAY NO. In this connection, the literate individual is one who can interrogate arresting language, and generate ""counter-spells.""" Full Product DetailsAuthor: William A. CovinoPublisher: State University of New York Press Imprint: State University of New York Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.435kg ISBN: 9780791420836ISBN 10: 0791420833 Pages: 189 Publication Date: 16 August 1994 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Articulate and Inarticulate Power 1. Magic, Rhetoric, and Literacy Magic Rhetoric Literacy 2. The Interanimation of Phantasms The History of Phantasy Renaissance Magic Rhetoric in the Light of Faith Agrippa's Occult Philosophy 3. Parcels and Palimpsests From Magic to Science Natural Language Nationalized Magic and Romanticism De Quincey's Palimpsest 4. Magic Consciousness Burke's Magic Adorno Against Occultism Marcuse's Universe of Discourse Freire's Magic Consciousness 5. Grimoires and Witches Arresting the New Age The National Enquirer Magic Nuggets and Tabloid Epistemology Oprah and the Witches Notes References IndexReviewsWilliam Covino has written a powerful and deeply engaging book. I am quite taken by his ability to make a subject like magic-a topic susceptible to either an unscholarly 'light' treatment or to an unfortunate academic dismissal-accessible to a broad audience and viable to scholars. I also especially admire the range of his concerns and the thoroughness with which he grounds his discussion in theory and history. - George Kalamaras, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne """William Covino has written a powerful and deeply engaging book. I am quite taken by his ability to make a subject like magic-a topic susceptible to either an unscholarly 'light' treatment or to an unfortunate academic dismissal-accessible to a broad audience and viable to scholars. I also especially admire the range of his concerns and the thoroughness with which he grounds his discussion in theory and history."" - George Kalamaras, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne" Author InformationWilliam A. Covino is Professor of English at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he teaches in the Language, Literacy, and Rhetoric graduate program. He has been named a Cline University Scholar, and a Fellow in the Institute for the Humanities. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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