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Author : Isabel Wait Dorman
Release : 1926
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Book Synopsis The Development of the Witch Figure in English Literature by : Isabel Wait Dorman
Download or read book The Development of the Witch Figure in English Literature written by Isabel Wait Dorman. This book was released on 1926. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Johannes Dillinger
Release : 2019-12-06
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The Routledge History of Witchcraft by : Johannes Dillinger
Download or read book The Routledge History of Witchcraft written by Johannes Dillinger. This book was released on 2019-12-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge History of Witchcraft is a comprehensive and interdisciplinary study of the belief in witches from antiquity to the present day, providing both an introduction to the subject of witchcraft and an overview of the on-going debates. This extensive collection covers the entire breadth of the history of witchcraft, from the witches of Ancient Greece and medieval demonology through to the victims of the witch hunts, and onwards to children’s books, horror films, and modern pagans. Drawing on the knowledge and expertise of an international team of authors, the book examines differing concepts of witchcraft that still exist in society and explains their historical, literary, religious, and anthropological origin and development, including the reflections and adaptions of this belief in art and popular culture. The volume is divided into four chronological parts, beginning with Antiquity and the Middle Ages in Part One, Early Modern witch hunts in Part Two, modern concepts of witchcraft in Part Three, and ending with an examination of witchcraft and the arts in Part Four. Each chapter offers a glimpse of a different version of the witch, introducing the reader to the diversity of witches that have existed in different contexts throughout history. Exploring a wealth of texts and case studies and offering a broad geographical scope for examining this fascinating subject, The Routledge History of Witchcraft is essential reading for students and academics interested in the history of witchcraft.
Author : Diane Purkiss
Release : 2003-09-02
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Rating : 394/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Witch in History by : Diane Purkiss
Download or read book The Witch in History written by Diane Purkiss. This book was released on 2003-09-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: '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
Author : Ronald Hutton
Release : 2017-08-01
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 245/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Witch by : Ronald Hutton
Download or read book The Witch written by Ronald Hutton. This book was released on 2017-08-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This “magisterial account” explores the fear of witchcraft across the globe from the ancient world to the notorious witch trials of early modern Europe (The Guardian, UK). The witch came to prominence—and often a painful death—in early modern Europe, yet her origins are much more geographically diverse and historically deep. In The Witch, historian Ronald Hutton sets the European witch trials in the widest and deepest possible perspective and traces the major historiographical developments of witchcraft. Hutton, a renowned expert on ancient, medieval, and modern paganism and witchcraft beliefs, combines Anglo-American and continental scholarly approaches to examine attitudes on witchcraft and the treatment of suspected witches across the world, including in Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, Australia, and the Americas, and from ancient pagan times to current interpretations. His fresh anthropological and ethnographical approach focuses on cultural inheritance and change while considering shamanism, folk religion, the range of witch trials, and how the fear of witchcraft might be eradicated. “[A] panoptic, penetrating book.”—Malcolm Gaskill, London Review of Books
Author : Stuart A. Kallen
Release : 2005
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
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Book Rating : 599/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Figures of the Salem Witch Trials by : Stuart A. Kallen
Download or read book Figures of the Salem Witch Trials written by Stuart A. Kallen. This book was released on 2005. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When nineteen people were accused of witchcraft and hung in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692 it was one of the strangest chapters in American history. Figures of the Salem Witch Trials helps answer some of the mysterious questions posed by this incident as it examines the lives of the people who played central roles in the witchcraft hysteria.
