The witch in history : early modern and twentieth-century representations /
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.
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| Materialtyp: | Licensed eBooks |
| Språk: | engelska |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
1996.
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| Länkar: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=98296 |
| Sammanfattning: | 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 |
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| Fysisk beskrivning: | 1 online resource (viii, 296 pages) |
| Bibliografi: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0203359720 9780203359723 9786610020874 6610020876 1134882394 9781134882397 1280020873 9781280020872 1134882386 9781134882380 9780415087612 0415087619 9780415087629 0415087627 |