Crafting the witch : gendering magic in medieval and early modern England

Title
  1. Crafting the witch : gendering magic in medieval and early modern England / Heidi Breuer.
Published by
  1. New York : Routledge, 2009.
Author
  1. Breuer, Heidi, 1972-

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Description
  1. xii, 190 p.; 24 cm.
Series statement
  1. Studies in medieval history and culture
Uniform title
  1. Studies in medieval history and culture.
Subject
  1. Literature, Medieval > History and criticism
  2. English literature > History and criticism
  3. Witches in literature
  4. Arthurian romances > History and criticism
  5. Older women in literature
  6. Magic > England > History
  7. Magic in literature
  8. Witchcraft > England > History
  9. Witches in motion pictures
Contents
  1. "Are you a good witch or a bad witch?": an introduction to medieval and early modern magic -- Gender-blending: transformative power in twelfth- and thirteenth-century Arthurian literature -- From rags to riches, or the step-mother's revenge: transformative power in late medieval Arthurian romances -- The lady is a hag: three writers and the transformation of magic in sixteenth-century England -- Hags on film: contemporary echoes of the early modern wicked witch.
Call number
  1. JFE 10-1691
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-185) and index.
Author
  1. Breuer, Heidi, 1972-
Title
  1. Crafting the witch : gendering magic in medieval and early modern England / Heidi Breuer.
Imprint
  1. New York : Routledge, 2009.
Series
  1. Studies in medieval history and culture
  2. Studies in medieval history and culture.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-185) and index.
Other form:
  1. Breuer, Heidi, 1972- Crafting the witch. New York : Routledge, 2009 9780415977616 (DLC) 2008050963 (OCoLC)150345545
LCCN
  1. 2008050963
ISBN
  1. 9780415977616
  2. 0415977614
  3. 0203876784 (ebk)
  4. 9780203876787 (ebk)
Research call number
  1. JFE 10-1691
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