Description
Winner of the 2019 Warburg Prize from the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities for an outstanding work of literary history
This is a study of the representation of witches in early modern English drama, organised around the themes of scepticism and belief. It covers the entire early modern period, including the Restoration, and pays particular attention to three plays in which witchcraft is central: The Witch of Edmonton (1621), The Late Lancashire Witches (1634) and The Lancashire Witches (1681). Always a controversial issue, witchcraft has traditionally been seen in terms of a debate between 'sceptics' and 'believers'. This book argues instead that, while the concepts of scepticism and belief are central to an understanding of early modern witchcraft, they are more fruitfully understood not as static and mutually exclusive positions within the witchcraft debate, but as rhetorical tools used by both sides.
An electronic version of this book is available under a creative commons licence: manchesteropenhive.com/view/9789198376876/9789198376876.xml
About the Author
Eric Pudney is an Affiliated Researcher at Lund University
Book Information
ISBN 9789198376869
Author Eric Pudney
Format Hardback
Page Count 360
Imprint Lund University Press,Sweden
Publisher Lund University Press,Sweden
Weight(grams) 603g
Dimensions(mm) 216mm * 138mm * 24mm
