Rediscovering Renaissance Witchcraft | Agenda Bookshop Skip to content
Selected Colleen Hoover Books at €9.99c | In-store & Online
Selected Colleen Hoover Books at €9.99c | In-store & Online
A01=Marion Gibson
Age Group_Uncategorized
Age Group_Uncategorized
Author_Marion Gibson
automatic-update
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=DSBD
Category=HRQX5
Category=JFSJ1
COP=United Kingdom
Delivery_Delivery within 10-20 working days
Language_English
PA=Available
Price_€20 to €50
PS=Active
softlaunch

Rediscovering Renaissance Witchcraft

English

By (author): Marion Gibson

Rediscovering Renaissance Witchcraft is an exploration of witchcraft in the literature of Britain and America from the 16th and 17th centuries through to the present day. As well as the themes of history and literature (politics and war, genre and intertextuality), the book considers issues of national identity, gender and sexuality, race and empire, and more. The complex fascination with witchcraft through the ages is investigated, and the importance of witches in the real world and in fiction is analysed.

The book begins with a chapter dedicated to the stories and records of witchcraft in the Renaissance and up until the English Civil War, such as the North Berwick witches and the work of the Witch Finder Generall Matthew Hopkins. The significance of these accounts in shaping future literature is then presented through the examination of extracts from key texts, such as Shakespeares Macbeth and Middletons The Witch, among others. In the second half of the book, the focus shifts to a consideration of the Romantic rediscovery of Renaissance witchcraft in the eighteenth century, and its further reinvention and continued presence throughout the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first centuries, including the establishment of witchcraft studies as a subject in its own right, the impact of the First World War and end of the British Empire on witchcraft fiction, the legacy of the North Berwick, Hopkins and Salem witch trials, and the position of witchcraft in culture, including filmic and televisual culture, today.

Equipped with an extensive list of primary and secondary sources, Rediscovering Renaissance Witchcraft is essential reading for all students of witchcraft in modern British and American culture and early modern history and literature.

See more
Current price €42.29
Original price €46.99
Save 10%
A01=Marion GibsonAge Group_UncategorizedAuthor_Marion Gibsonautomatic-updateCategory1=Non-FictionCategory=DSBDCategory=HRQX5Category=JFSJ1COP=United KingdomDelivery_Delivery within 10-20 working daysLanguage_EnglishPA=AvailablePrice_€20 to €50PS=Activesoftlaunch
Delivery/Collection within 10-20 working days
Product Details
  • Weight: 280g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 23 Nov 2017
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781138025455

About Marion Gibson

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: 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).

Customer Reviews

Be the first to write a review
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue we'll assume that you are understand this. Learn more
Accept