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Shakespeare’s Demonology A Dictionary ARDEN SHAKESPEARE DICTIONARIES SERIES EDITOR Sandra Clark (Birkbeck College, University of London) Class and Society in Shakespeare Paul Innes Music in Shakespeare Christopher R. Wilson and Michela Calore Shakespeare’s Books Stuart Gillespie Shakespeare’s Demonology Marion Gibson and Jo Ann Esra Shakespeare and the Language of Food Joan Fitzpatrick Shakespeare’s Legal Language B. J. Sokol and Mary Sokol Shakespeare’s Medical Language Sujata Iyengar Shakespeare’s Military Language Charles Edelman Shakespeare’s Non-Standard English N. F. Blake Shakespeare’s Plants and Gardens Vivian Thomas and Nicki Faircloth Shakespeare’s Political and Economic Language Vivian Thomas Shakespeare’s Religious Language R. Chris Hassel, Jr Shakespeare’s Theatre Hugh Macrae Richmond FORTHCOMING TITLES: Shakespeare’s Insults Nathalie Vienne-Guerrin Shakespeare and National Identity Christopher Ivic Shakespeare’s Demonology A Dictionary Marion Gibson and Jo Ann Esra Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare An imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 50 Bedford Square 1385 Broadway London New York WC1B 3DP NY 10018 UK USA www.bloomsbury.com Bloomsbury is a registered trade mark of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc © Marion Gibson and Jo Ann Esra, 2014 Marion Gibson and Jo Ann Esra have asserted their right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as Author of this work. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publishers. No responsibility for loss caused to any individual or organization acting on or refraining from action as a result of the material in this publication can be accepted by Bloomsbury or the author. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN: 978-1-7809-3618-5 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. Typeset by Fakenham Prepress Solitions, Fakenham, Norfolk NR21 8NN Contents Acknowledgements vi Series Editor’s Preface vii Abbreviations viii Introduction 1 A – Z 7 Bibliography 208 Index 225 v Marion’s Acknowledgements Thanks to Sandra Clark, the Series Editor, for asking me to edit Shakespeare’s Demonology and to Jo Esra, without whose enthusiastic and thorough work as a co-researcher this project would never have been completed. Thanks also to its various editors during its long process of completion, Anna Fleming, Colleen Coalter and Margaret Bartley at Bloomsbury. The students on my annual ‘Witchcraft and Magic in Literature’ module have always been a great source of inspiration and new questions, and the visiting students attending the University of Exeter’s international summer school in 2012 were also helpful in allowing me to try out some of this material in a class on ‘Supernatural Shakespeare’ and responding with thoughtfulness and excitement. The journey towards this project began at Exeter with Gareth Roberts’ module on ‘Renaissance Magic’ and matured during my MA studies at the Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon, where Stanley Wells, Martin Wiggins and Susan Brock were particularly helpful in allowing me to begin exploring Shakespeare’s interest in witchcraft. Jo’s Acknowledgements For enabling me to work on Shakespeare’s Demonology, I would like to thank the editors at Bloomsbury – and Marion Gibson, for inviting me to do so. In both her role as my PhD supervisor, and as co-researcher on this project, Marion has provided consistent encouragement, inspiration and support, and I am deeply indebted to her. My journey here began with Alex Goody, Catherine Spooner and Carolyn D. Williams, and to each I wish to offer my long-overdue gratitude. I would also like to thank my family for their remarkable levels of patience and tolerance, with a special thank-you to my daughter, Evie, for her very helpful and ever-growing enthusiasm for Shakespearean drama. vi Series Editor’s Preface The Arden Shakespeare Dictionaries aim to provide the student of Shakespeare with a series of authoritative guides to the principal subject areas covered by the plays and poems. They are produced by scholars who are experts both on Shakespeare and on the topic of the individual dictionary, based on the most recent scholarship, succinctly written and accessibly presented. They offer readers a self-contained body of infor- mation on the topic under discussion, its occurrence and significance in Shakespeare’s works, and its contemporary meanings. The topics are all vital ones for understanding the plays and poems; they have been selected for their importance in illuminating aspects of Shakespeare’s writings where an informed understanding of the range of Shakespeare’s usage, and of the contemporary literary, historical and cultural issues involved, will add to the reader’s appreciation of his work. Because of the diversity of the topics covered in the series, individual diction- aries may vary in emphasis and approach, but the aim and basic format of the entries remain the same from volume to volume. Sandra Clark Birkbeck College University of London vii Abbreviations A&C Antony and Cleopatra AWW All’s Well That Ends Well AYLI As You Like It Cor. Coriolanus Cym. Cymbeline Err. The Comedy of Errors Ham. Hamlet 1 HIV The First Part of Henry IV 2 HIV The Second Part of Henry IV HV Henry V 1 HVI The First Part of Henry VI 2 HVI The Second Part of Henry VI 3 HVI The Third Part of Henry VI HVIII King Henry VIII JC Julius Caesar KJ King John KL King Lear LC A Lover’s Complaint LLL Love’s Labours Lost Luc. The Rape of Lucrece Mac. Macbeth MAdo Much Ado About Nothing MM Measure for Measure MND A Midsummer Night’s Dream MerV The Merchant of Venice MWW The Merry Wives of Windsor Oth. Othello Per. Pericles PP The Passionate Pilgrim PT The Phoenix and the Turtle RII King Richard II RIII King Richard III R&J Romeo and Juliet Shrew The Taming of the Shrew Son. Sonnets T&C Troilus and Cressida viii Abbreviations Temp. The Tempest TGV The Two Gentlemen of Verona Tim. Timon of Athens Tit. Titus Andronicus TN Twelfth Night TNK The Two Noble Kinsmen V&A Venus and Adonis WT The Winter’s Tale ix
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