Afterlives of Endor

Afterlives of Endor explores how early modern English literature grapples with the cultural anxieties surrounding witchcraft and theatricality. Laura Levine pairs readings of demonological texts—such as Scot's The Discoverie of Witchcraft and King James's Daemonologie—with canonical works like Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale and Marlowe's Doctor Faustus, revealing the complex interplay between spectacle and witchcraft in these narratives. The analysis delves into the rhetorical strategies and ideological underpinnings of both demonological manuals and literary texts, shedding light on the era's perceptions of illusion and the supernatural.