"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