Magical Imagination in the English Renaissance Literature

这个研究项目明确了16和17世纪英格兰被认为是“魔法”或“艺术”的共同特征。并指出了同时期英国文学对这一特点的处理。在第一年（1997年），研究的特点，即一种艺术或知识，关于“神秘的属性”或“隐藏的美德”，我们可以识别为一种无意识的精神力量。研究结果发表在《伊丽莎白戏剧的兴起》（1997）的《伊丽莎白戏剧中的魔法变形》一书中。在第二年和最后一年（1998年，1999年），这个项目处理了第二点，关注魔法和炼金术之间的区别。该研究结果发表在1999年出版的《偏离谱系》（Itsudatsu no Keifu）的“文艺复兴时期的炼金术想象”中。在报告研究项目中，该项目还指出了文艺复兴时期想象力的一个重要方面，即基于幻想的伪科学假设的“神奇想象”。

This research project has made clear a common feature of what was recognized to be 'Magic' or 'Art' in the sixteenth and seventeenth century England. It has also pointed out how the feature was dealt with in the English Literature of the same period.In the first year (1997), research was made into the feature, that is, an art or a knowledge concerning the 'occult property' or 'hidden virtue' which we can identify with an insensible and spiritual power. The result has been published in 'The Metamorphosis of Magic in the Elizabethan Dramas' in Elizabethan Dramas no Tanjo (The Rise of the Elizabethan Dramas)(1997).In the second and last years (1998,1999), this project dealt with the second point, paying attention to the difference between magic and alchemy. The result has been published in 'Alchemical Imagination in the Renaissance' in Itsudatsu no Keifu (The Genealogy of Deviation)(1999).In The Report Research Project, this project has also pointed out n important aspect of the Renaissance imagination, that is, 'Magical Imagination' based upon a fantastical pseudo-scientific assumption.