The Witch in History Early Modern and Twentieth-century Representations Diane Purkiss
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How did early modern women see Witches? Why are we still spellbound by Witches?
Histories of witchcraft continue to fascinate us in the late twentieth century. 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 the fears, desires and fantasies of women and men both now and in the early modern period. Among other topics, The Witch in History shows:
> the way the fantasy body of the witch, viewed as both hard and boundless, represents fear of the maternal body;
> how Macbeth and other Renaissance dramas are exploitative and sensationalist representations of witchcraft;
> how the representations of witchcraft in Europe were influenced by encounters in the New World with Native American religion, and vice versa;
> how radical feminists, modern witches and academic historians have appropriated the figure of the witch to construct their own identities.
This extraordinary and fascinating study goes beyond a simple exploration of the figure of the witch, comprising an innovative contribution to all early modern studies.
Diane Purkiss is Lecturer in English at the University of Reading.
Women's studies/Cultural history
Język angielski
How did early modern women see Witches? Why are we still spellbound by Witches?
Histories of witchcraft continue to fascinate us in the late twentieth century. 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 the fears, desires and fantasies of women and men both now and in the early modern period. Among other topics, The Witch in History shows:
> the way the fantasy body of the witch, viewed as both hard and boundless, represents fear of the maternal body;
> how Macbeth and other Renaissance dramas are exploitative and sensationalist representations of witchcraft;
> how the representations of witchcraft in Europe were influenced by encounters in the New World with Native American religion, and vice versa;
> how radical feminists, modern witches and academic historians have appropriated the figure of the witch to construct their own identities.
This extraordinary and fascinating study goes beyond a simple exploration of the figure of the witch, comprising an innovative contribution to all early modern studies.
Diane Purkiss is Lecturer in English at the University of Reading.
Women's studies/Cultural history