Entertaining Satan: Witchcraft and the Culture of Early New England
Autor John Putnam Demosen Limba Engleză Paperback – 11 noi 2004
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780195174830
ISBN-10: 0195174836
Pagini: 560
Ilustrații: 3 maps, numerous tables and figures
Dimensiuni: 142 x 214 x 35 mm
Greutate: 0.7 kg
Ediția:Updated Edition
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP USA
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 0195174836
Pagini: 560
Ilustrații: 3 maps, numerous tables and figures
Dimensiuni: 142 x 214 x 35 mm
Greutate: 0.7 kg
Ediția:Updated Edition
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP USA
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Recenzii
"A book that will rank with the best, a book that shows how much we still may learn from these people. This is not simply a monograph on witchcraft but a major attempt to understand the kind of society and the kind of culture in which witchcraft had a place. Rich in insights."--The New York Review of Books
"A remarkable piece of scholarship. Vividly illustrates what made certain individuals vulnerable to charges of witchcraft."--The New York Times Book Review
"History in such capable hands becomes much more than a chronicle: it makes the past seem as vivid and dimensional, and every bit as compelling, as the present."--Newsweek
"With the publication of this book, the historical study of American witchcraft finally comes of age."--American Historical Review
"Beautifully written and exhaustively researched."--Virginia Quarterly Review
"Well written and easy to read.... More than a history of witchcraft. It is placed within the wider social context and is thus a history of early New England culture.... Very well documented."--History: Reviews of New Books
"A work that sets the stage for the eruption in Salem and promises to transform the terms in which we understand that extravagant episode.... A rewarding and fascinating achievement well worth reading."--American History Illustrated
"Demos has done an excellent job of researching a subject of great interest today."--William C. Viser, Ouachita Baptist University
"An ambitious, informative work."--Paul Tiverow, Missouri Southern State College
"Brilliant."--Herbert Cederberg, University of Wisconsin
"A remarkable piece of scholarship. Vividly illustrates what made certain individuals vulnerable to charges of witchcraft."--The New York Times Book Review
"History in such capable hands becomes much more than a chronicle: it makes the past seem as vivid and dimensional, and every bit as compelling, as the present."--Newsweek
"With the publication of this book, the historical study of American witchcraft finally comes of age."--American Historical Review
"Beautifully written and exhaustively researched."--Virginia Quarterly Review
"Well written and easy to read.... More than a history of witchcraft. It is placed within the wider social context and is thus a history of early New England culture.... Very well documented."--History: Reviews of New Books
"A work that sets the stage for the eruption in Salem and promises to transform the terms in which we understand that extravagant episode.... A rewarding and fascinating achievement well worth reading."--American History Illustrated
"Demos has done an excellent job of researching a subject of great interest today."--William C. Viser, Ouachita Baptist University
"An ambitious, informative work."--Paul Tiverow, Missouri Southern State College
"Brilliant."--Herbert Cederberg, University of Wisconsin
Notă biografică
John Putnam Demos is Samuel Knight Professor of History at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. He is the author of A Little Commonwealth: Family Life in Plymouth Colony and The Unredeemed Captive: A Family Story from Early America.