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Witchcraft And Society in England and America, 1550-1750

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Witchcraft And Society in England and America, 1550-1750
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Dr Marion Gibson
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:286
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
Category/GenreBritish and Irish History
Witchcraft
ISBN/Barcode 9780826483003
ClassificationsDewey:942.053
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Undergraduate

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Publication Date 12 October 2006
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

A unique collection of materials, including works of literature as well as historical documents, Witchcraft and Society in England and America, 1550-1750 provides a broad view of how witches and magicians were represented in print and manuscript over three centuries. It combines newly annotated selections from famous texts, such as Macbeth, Doctor Faustus, and The Faerie Queene with unjustly obscure ones: portrayals of witchcraft and magic from private papers, court records, and little-known works of fiction. In this rich, broad context, Marion Gibson presents the voices of "witches," accusers, ministers, physicians, poets, dramatists, magistrates, and witchfinders from both sides of the Atlantic. Each text is introduced with a short essay and fully annotated to explain unfamiliar words and concepts, give biographical details of participants and/or authors, and explore the context in which the text was produced.

Author Biography

Marion Gibson is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Exeter, UK. Her publications include Reading Witchcraft (Routledge, 1999), Possession, Puritanism and Print (Pickering and Chatto, 2006) and Witchcraft Myths in American Culture (Routledge, 2007).