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- catalog abstract ""From Macbeth to The Wizard of Oz, from the hysteria of witch trials to emblems of 20th-century female empowerment, no matter how she is portrayed, the witch is an enduring source of fear and fascination. In this study, Diane Purkiss investigates the diverse interpretations and meanings attributed to the figure of the witch, encompassing a wide range of cultural norms which include Canonical literature, such as Shelley and Yeats, visual arts, fairy tales, folklore and real-life witch stories. Also considered are pornography and sado-masochism, film, from the classic Swedish Haxan to The Witches of Eastwick, and the stage, including Shakespeare and Jonson."--GoogleBooks.".
- catalog contributor b10095661.
- catalog created "1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
- catalog description ""From Macbeth to The Wizard of Oz, from the hysteria of witch trials to emblems of 20th-century female empowerment, no matter how she is portrayed, the witch is an enduring source of fear and fascination. In this study, Diane Purkiss investigates the diverse interpretations and meanings attributed to the figure of the witch, encompassing a wide range of cultural norms which include Canonical literature, such as Shelley and Yeats, visual arts, fairy tales, folklore and real-life witch stories. Also considered are pornography and sado-masochism, film, from the classic Swedish Haxan to The Witches of Eastwick, and the stage, including Shakespeare and Jonson."--GoogleBooks.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "viii, 296 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0415087619 (hard)".
- catalog identifier "0415087627 (pbk.)".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London ; New York : Routledge,".
- catalog subject "133.4/3/09 20".
- catalog subject "BF1571 .P87 1996".
- catalog subject "Witchcraft History.".
- catalog subject "Witchcraft in art History.".
- catalog subject "Witchcraft in art.".
- catalog subject "Witchcraft in literature History.".
- catalog subject "Witchcraft in literature.".
- catalog tableOfContents "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.".
- catalog title "The witch in history : early modern and twentieth-century representations / Diane Purkiss.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".