Poetry, signs, and magic

the long version

"Poetry, Signs, and Magic brings together in a single volume fourteen new and previously published essays by the eminent Renaissance scholar and literary critic Thomas M. Greene. This collection looks back toward two earlier volumes by Greene: his first essay collection, The Vulnerable Text: Essays on Renaissance Literature, and Poesie et Magie, whose theme is explored again here at greater length and depth, from linguistic and literary critical perspectives."--BOOK JACKET.