The Darker Vision of the Renaissance : Beyond the Fields of Reason

CONTENTS 5 INTRODUCTION 7 I. DEATH AND THE DEVIL 31 II. RENAISSANCE WORLD-ALIENATION 53 III. THE GENTLEMAN IN RENAISSANCE ITALY: STRAINS OF ISOLATION IN THE BODY POLITIC 83 IV. HERMETISM AS A RENAISSANCE WORLD VIEW 101 V. STRUCTURES OF RENAISSANCE MYSTICISM 125 VI. THE HIDDEN GOD: REFORMATION AWE IN RENAISSANCE ENGLISH LITERATURE 153 VII. THE IRRATIONAL AND LATE MEDIEVAL MUSIC 203 VIII. MODES OF PERCEPTION OF REALITY IN THE RENAISSANCE 227 IX. FOLLY, MELANCHOLY, AND MADNESS: A STUDY IN SHIFTING STYLES OF MEDICAL ANALYSIS AND TREATMENT, 1450-1675 279