The witch in history : early modern and twentieth-century representations

The Resource The witch in history : early modern and twentieth-century representations

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The witch in history : early modern and twentieth-century representations

Title remainder

early modern and twentieth-century representations

Statement of responsibility

Diane Purkiss

Language

eng

Summary

Looking at texts from colonial narratives to court masques, trial records to folktales, and Shakespeare to Sylvia Plath, this book shows how the witch acts as a carrier for fears, desires and fantasies both now and in the early modern period
'Diane Purkiss ... insists on taking witches seriously. Her refusal to write witch-believers off as unenlightened has produced some richly intelligent meditations on their -- and our -- world.' - The Observer 'An invigorating and challenging book ... sets many hares running.' - The Times Higher Education Supplement 'Diane Purkiss ... insists on taking witches seriously. Her refusal to write witch-believers off as unenlightened has produced some richly intelligent meditations on their -- and our -- world.' - The Observer 'An invigorating and challenging book ... sets many hares running.' - The Times Higher Education Supplement

Cataloging source

N$T

Dewey number

133.4/3/09

Index

index present

Language note

English

LC call number

BF1571

LC item number

.P87 1996eb

Literary form

non fiction

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