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In the Company of Demons
Armando Maggi
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Description for In the Company of Demons
Paperback. In its interpretation of Latin and Greek culture, Christianity contends that Satan is behind all deities, demigods, and spiritual creatures, including the gods of the household, the lares and penates. This book says that the thinkers of the Italian Renaissance had a more nuanced and perhaps less sinister interpretation of these creatures. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HRQX9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 12. Weight in Grams: 392.
In its interpretation of Latin and Greek culture, Christianity contends that Satan is behind all classical deities, demigods, and spiritual creatures, including the gods of the household, the lares and penates. But Armando Maggi, an expert in Renaissance demonology, argues throughout "In the Company of Demons" that the great thinkers of the Italian Renaissance had a more nuanced and perhaps less sinister interpretation of these creatures or spiritual bodies.Through close readings of Giovan Francesco Pico della Mirandola, Strozzi Cigogna, Pompeo della Barba, Ludovico Sinistrari, and others, Maggi reveals that these demons speak through their sudden and striking appearances - their ... Read more
In its interpretation of Latin and Greek culture, Christianity contends that Satan is behind all classical deities, demigods, and spiritual creatures, including the gods of the household, the lares and penates. But Armando Maggi, an expert in Renaissance demonology, argues throughout "In the Company of Demons" that the great thinkers of the Italian Renaissance had a more nuanced and perhaps less sinister interpretation of these creatures or spiritual bodies.Through close readings of Giovan Francesco Pico della Mirandola, Strozzi Cigogna, Pompeo della Barba, Ludovico Sinistrari, and others, Maggi reveals that these demons speak through their sudden and striking appearances - their ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Number of Pages
257
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226501314
SKU
V9780226501314
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About Armando Maggi
Armando Maggi is professor of Romance languages and literatures and a member of the Committee on the History of Culture at the University of Chicago. He is the author of several books, including Satan's Rhetoric.
Reviews for In the Company of Demons
"Maggi gives us an original and penetrating interpretation of Renaissance demonology, with a brilliant analysis and with a challenge to the reader for deeper thoughts on a theme that attracts scholars, but has still some new views." - Michaela Valente, Renaissance Quarterly "In his new and fascinating book, Armando Maggi tries to understand the strange world of Renaissance demonology without ... Read more