| Description |
viii, 296 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
A Holocaust of one's own: the myth of the Burning Times -- At play in the fields of the past: modern witches -- The witch in the hands of historians: a tale of prejudice and fear -- The house, the body, the child -- No limit: the body of the witch -- Self-fashioning by women: choosing to be a witch -- Elizabethan stagings: the witch, the queen, class -- The all-singing, all-dancing plays of the Jacobean witch-vogue: The masque of queens, Macbeth, The witch -- Testimony and truth: The witch of Edmonton and The witches of Lancashire -- The witch on the margins of 'race': Sycorax and others -- Conclusion: bread into gingerbread and the price of transformation. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Witchcraft -- History.
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Witchcraft in literature -- History.
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Witchcraft in art -- History.
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| ISBN |
0415087619 hardcover |
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0415087627 paperback |
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