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Author Breuer, Heidi, 1972-

Title Crafting the witch : gendering magic in medieval and early modern England / Heidi Breuer
Published New York : Routledge, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 190 pages)
Series Studies in medieval history and culture
Studies in medieval history and culture.
Contents "Are you a good witch or a bad witch?": an introduction to medieval and early modern magic -- Gender-blending: transformative power in twelfth- and thirteenth-century Arthurian literature -- From rags to riches, or the step-mother's revenge: transformative power in late medieval Arthurian romances -- The lady is a hag: three writers and the transformation of magic in sixteenth-century England -- Hags on film: contemporary echoes of the early modern wicked witch
Summary This work analyses the gendered transformation of magical figures occurring in Arthurian romance in England from the 12th to the 16th centuries. The author traverses both the medieval and early modern periods and considers the way in which the representation of literary witches interacted with the culture at large
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-185) and index
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Subject Literature, Medieval -- History and criticism.
English literature -- History and criticism.
Witches in literature.
Arthurian romances -- History and criticism
Older women in literature.
Magic -- England -- History
Magic in literature.
Witchcraft -- England -- History
Witches in motion pictures.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Arthurian romances
English literature
Literature, Medieval
Magic
Magic in literature
Older women in literature
Witchcraft
Witches in literature
Witches in motion pictures
Litteratur -- historia -- medeltiden.
Artursagan.
Häxor i litteraturen.
Äldre kvinnor i litteraturen.
Magi i litteraturen.
England
Genre/Form dissertations.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780203876787
0203876784
9780415977616
0415977614