Research Catalog

Details

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. Witchcraft > England > History
3. Arthurian romances > History and criticism
4. Magic in literature
5. Magic > England > History
6. Older women in literature
7. English literature > History and criticism
8. Witches in literature
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