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Crafting the Witch : Gendering Magic in Medieval and Early Modern England by Heidi Breuer (2011, Trade Paperback)

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Crafting the Witch by Heidi Breuer. Title Crafting the Witch. Format Paperback. Author Heidi Breuer.

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Publisher
Routledge
ISBN-10
0415699576
ISBN-13
9780415699570
eBay Product ID (ePID)
109062916

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
202 Pages
Publication Name
Crafting the Witch : Gendering Magic in Medieval and Early Modern England
Language
English
Publication Year
2011
Subject
Medieval, Witchcraft (See Also Religion / Wicca), General, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Europe / Medieval
Type
Textbook
Author
Heidi Breuer
Subject Area
Literary Criticism, Body, Mind & Spirit, History
Format
Trade Paperback

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Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
11.2 Oz
Item Length
9.1 in
Item Width
6.1 in

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College Audience
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'There is much to recommend in this book. It is engagingly written, even when dealing with difficult concepts, and the linking of medieval with modern representations of magic is fascinating, especially because many students are first attracted to studying magic because of modern TV shows or novels ... Overall, this is a stimulating and accessible contribution to a growing field, and has much to interest historians of medieval and early modern magic.' Reviews in History, 'There is much to recommend in this book. It is engagingly written, even when dealing with difficult concepts, and the linking of medieval with modern representations of magic is fascinating, especially because many students are first attracted to studying magic because of modern TV shows or novels ... Overall, this is a stimulating and accessible contribution to a growing field, and has much to interest historians of medieval and early modern magic.'- Reviews in History, 'There is much to recommend in this book. It is engagingly written, even when dealing with difficult concepts, and the linking of medieval with modern representations of magic is fascinating, especially because many students are first attracted to studying magic because of modern TV shows or novels ... Overall, this is a stimulating and accessible contribution to a growing field, and has much to interest historians of medieval and early modern magic.' - Reviews in History, 'There is much to recommend in this book. It is engagingly written, even when dealing with difficult concepts, and the linking of medieval with modern representations of magic is fascinating, especially because many students are first attracted to studying magic because of modern TV shows or novels ... Overall, this is a stimulating and accessible contribution to a growing field, and has much to interest historians of medieval and early modern magic.' â€œ Reviews in History
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
820/.9377
Table Of Content
Preface Acknowledgments Chapter One: "Are You a Good Witch or a Bad Witch?": An Introduction to Medieval and Early Modern Magic Chapter Two: Gender-Blending: Transformative Power in Twelfth- and Thirteenth-Century Arthurian Literature Chapter Three: From Rags to Riches, Or the Step-Mother's Revenge: Transformative Power in Late Medieval Arthurian Romances Chapter Four: The Lady is a Hag: Three Writers and the Transformation of Magic in Sixteenth-Century England Chapter Five: Hags on Film: Contemporary Echoes of the Early Modern Wicked Witch Notes Bibliography Index
Synopsis
This book analyzes the gendered transformation of magical figures occurring in Arthurian romance in England from the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries. In the earlier texts, magic is predominantly a masculine pursuit, garnering its user prestige and power, but in the later texts, magic becomes a primarily feminine activity, one that marks its user as wicked and heretical. This project explores both the literary and the social motivations for this transformation, seeking an answer to the question, 'why did the witch become wicked?' Heidi Breuer traverses both the medieval and early modern periods and considers the way in which the representation of literary witches interacted with the culture at large, ultimately arguing that a series of economic crises in the fourteenth century created a labour shortage met by women. As women moved into the previously male-dominated economy, literary backlash came in the form of the witch, and social backlash followed soon after in the form of Renaissance witch-hunting. The witch figure serves a similar function in modern American culture because late-industrial capitalism challenges gender conventions in similar ways as the economic crises of the medieval period.
LC Classification Number
PR275.W

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