John Callow (UK University of Suffolk)

Embracing the Darkness

A Cultural History of Witchcraft

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Produktbeschreibung

Sheds light on the world of the witch, mage and necromancer. This work takes us into a shadowy landscape where, in an age before modern drugs, the onset of sudden illness was readily explained by malevolent spellcasting. It presents an account of this aspect of the western cultural experience.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: I.B.Tauris
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 431972
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 161mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 619g
• ISBN-13: 9781845114695
• ISBN-10: 1845114698
• Artikelnr.: 22711052

Autorenporträt

John Callow is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Suffolk, UK, who has written widely on early modern witchcraft, politics and popular culture. He is the author of The Making of King James II (2000) and Embracing the Darkness (2005, I.B. Tauris). He has appeared on the BBC Radio 4 documentary It Must be Witchcraft, and the series on the Salem Witches on the Discovery Channel.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction The Figure of the Witch Out of the Shadows From Delusion to Demonic Pact Patterns of Belief 1: The Hedge-witch, the Healer and the Cunning Man Patterns of Belief 2: The Alchemist, the Necromancer and the Mage The Witch Hunters Women and Witchcraft The Nightmare Given Form 'A Thing Grown Most Common': Crisis and Conformity The Decline of Belief? The Witch and the Children The Witch as Muse Old Magic in the New World Conclusion: The Freedom to Dream Bibliography Index

Rezensionen

Its eccentric breadth and listless weirdness will appeal to any curious reader. Times Literary Supplement