Witchcraft: The Basics de Marion Gibson

Witchcraft: The Basics: The Basics

Autor Marion Gibson

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 21 iun 2018

Witchcraft: The Basics is an accessible and engaging introduction to the scholarly study of witchcraft, exploring the phenomenon of witchcraft from its earliest definitions in the Middle Ages through to its resonances in the modern world. Through the use of two case studies, this book delves into the emergence of the witch as a harmful figure within western thought and traces the representation of witchcraft throughout history, analysing the roles of culture, religion, politics, gender and more in the evolution and enduring role of witchcraft.
Key topics discussed within the book include:

The role of language in creating and shaping the concept of witchcraft
The laws and treatises written against witchcraft
The representation of witchcraft in early modern literature

The representation of witchcraft in recent literature, TV and film

Scholarly approaches to witchcraft through time
The relationship between witchcraft and paganism

With an extensive further reading list, summaries and questions to consider at the end of each chapter, Witchcraft: The Basics is an ideal introduction for anyone wishing to learn more about this controversial issue in human culture, which is still very much alive today.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781138779976
ISBN-10: 1138779970
Pagini: 200
Ilustrații: 8 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.22 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Seria The Basics

Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Public țintă

Undergraduate

Cuprins

Introduction; Chapter One The early modern context: a case study of early modern Britain; Chapter Two The seventeenth and early eighteenth century context: America as the major case study; Chapter Three Witchcraft in early modern literature: "the witchcraft renaissance"; Chapter Four Witchcraft Studies; Chapter Five Witchcraft Today: Religious Redefinitions; Chapter Six Reinventing the good witch; Further Study Reading List; Index

Notă biografică

Marion Gibson is Professor of Renaissance and Magical Literatures at Exeter University and works on witches, magic, paganism and the supernatural in literature. Her previous publications include: Rediscovering Renaissance Witchcraft (2017), Imagining the Pagan Past (2013), Mysticism, Myth and Celtic Identity co-edited with Shelley Trower and Garry Tregidga (2012), Witchcraft Myths in American Culture (2007), Possession, Puritanism and Print: Darrell, Harsnett, Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Exorcism Controversy (2006) and Reading Witchcraft: Stories of Early English Witches (1999).

Recenzii

'Marion Gibson is one of the nation's finest scholars of the literature of witchcraft, in the broadest sense, and this book represents a crown to the decades of research and authorship which have won her that distinction. Like all she has done before, it is original, accessible, and has a wonderfully wide sweep.' Ronald Hutton, University of Bristol, UK
'Marion Gibson offers an outstanding introduction to witchcraft and to the texts that have created and shaped our understanding of witchcraft over time. She deftly unpacks early modern demonologies and trial records, as well as plays and poetry, providing expert guidance on how to read these sources and decipher the depictions of witchcraft they convey. She also examines trends in modern scholarship and in modern popular culture that have shaped and reshaped the notion of what a witch could be. This book offers a truly interdisciplinary blend of history, literature, and cultural studies.' Michael D. Bailey, Iowa State University, USA

"This is an excellent introduction to witchcraft studies."
Dawn Hutchinson, Christopher Newport University

Descriere

Witchcraft: The Basics is an engaging introduction to the scholarly study of witchcraft. It explores the phenomenon of witchcraft from its earliest definitions in the Middle Ages through to the modern day, and uses case studies to analyse the roles of culture, religion, gender, social hierarchy, governance and more in witchcraft throughout history.