| Description |
viii, 296 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. A Holocaust of one's own: the myth of the Burning Times -- 2. At play in the fields of the past: modern witches -- 3. The witch in the hands of historians: a tale of prejudice and fear -- 4. The house, the body, the child -- 5. No limit: the body of the witch -- 6. Self-fashioning by women: choosing to be a witch -- 7. Elizabethan stagings: the witch, the queen, class -- 8. The all-singing, all-dancing plays of the Jacobean witch-vogue: The Masque of Queens, Macbeth, The Witch -- 9. Testimony and truth: The witch of Edmonton and The Witches of Lancashire -- 10. The witch on the margins of 'race': Sycorax and Others -- Conclusion: bread into gingerbread and the price of transformation |
| Summary |
"From Macbeth to The Wizard of Oz, from the hysteria of witch trials to emblems of 20th-century female empowerment, no matter how she is portrayed, the witch is an enduring source of fear and fascination. In this study, Diane Purkiss investigates the diverse interpretations and meanings attributed to the figure of the witch, encompassing a wide range of cultural norms which include Canonical literature, such as Shelley and Yeats, visual arts, fairy tales, folklore and real-life witch stories. Also considered are pornography and sado-masochism, film, from the classic Swedish Haxan to The Witches of Eastwick, and the stage, including Shakespeare and Jonson."--GoogleBooks |
| Analysis |
Witchcraft |
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Witchcraft in art |
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Witchraft in literature |
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Witches |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Witchcraft in art -- History.
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Witchcraft in art.
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Witchcraft in literature -- History.
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Witchcraft in literature.
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Witchcraft -- History.
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Witchcraft -- history.
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| LC no. |
96011316 |
| ISBN |
0415087619 (hard) |
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0415087627 (paperback) |
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