Witch - Walford Davies, Damain
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With the narrative pull of a novel and the vibrancy of a play, this collection offers a thrilling portrait of a Suffolk village in the throes of the witchcraft hunts of the mid-17th century. The poems in this collection are dark spells, compact, and moving, delivered by those most closely involved in the "making" of a witch. The speakers--from priest Thomas Love and the villagers, who slowly succumb to suspicion and counter-accusation, to the witch hunter Francis Hurst and the "witch" herself--authentically conjure a war-torn society in which religious paranoia amplifies local grievances to fever pitch.…mehr

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With the narrative pull of a novel and the vibrancy of a play, this collection offers a thrilling portrait of a Suffolk village in the throes of the witchcraft hunts of the mid-17th century. The poems in this collection are dark spells, compact, and moving, delivered by those most closely involved in the "making" of a witch. The speakers--from priest Thomas Love and the villagers, who slowly succumb to suspicion and counter-accusation, to the witch hunter Francis Hurst and the "witch" herself--authentically conjure a war-torn society in which religious paranoia amplifies local grievances to fever pitch.
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Autorenporträt
Damian Walford Davies is the author of two previous volumes of poetry, including Suit of Lights--a Wales Literature Exchange Bookshelf Choice. He is the head of the department of English and creative writing at Aberystwyth University.