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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.

Witches in literature.

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For centuries, the figure of the witch represented the hostile and feared ""other"" on the edge of human society, placed ""in between"" the world of people and the world of demons. Whether she stood for the untamed powers of nature, dark powers of knowledge or magic, or evil powers derived from the devil, she was always identified with fear as a disturbance, as a danger to the order of society and to the well-being of those who understood themselves as settled within the borders of the patriarcha...

Witches in literature. --- English fiction --- Women authors --- History and criticism.

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Figure fascinante, la sorcière a imprégné l'imaginaire collectif au fil des siècles. Tour à tour laide, terrifiante et séductrice, elle prend de multiples formes, parfois antagoniques on la décrit aussi bien monstrueuse que charmante, victime ou meurtrière, guérisseuse ou cannibale, sage-femme ou tueuse d'enfants... Avant tout, elle se targue de posséder des pouvoirs surnaturels : elle est magicienne, compose des philtres et peut jeter des sorts, envouter et désenvouter, connaître l'avenir et changer d'apparence. Au Moyen Age, elle s'associe au Diable dont elle tire son pouvoir de nuisance et signe avec lui un pacte de sang. Mais comment appréhender ces figures au-delà des stéréotypes et d'ailleurs, ces derniers, que nous enseignent-ils ? Dans ce livre, Isabelle Durand analyse les différentes représentations de la sorcière, en détermine l'origine et le développement, et met au jour les divers mécanismes imaginaires liés à l'élaboration de cette figure. Finalement, la sorcière, symbole de la liberté et de l'autonomie, ne cristallise-t-elle pas les peurs et les projections que suscite la femme elle-même ?

Sorcières --- Dans la littérature. --- Histoire. --- Witches in literature. --- Witches --- History --- History.

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This Element argues that Ireland did not experience a disenchanted modernity, nor a decline in magic. It suggests that beliefs, practices and traditions concerning witchcraft and magic developed and adapted to modernity to retain cultural currency until the end of the twentieth century. This analysis provides the backdrop for the first systematic exploration of how historic Irish trials of witches and cunning-folk were represented by historians, antiquarians, journalists, dramatists, poets, and novelists in Ireland between the late eighteenth and late twentieth century. It is demonstrated that this work created an accepted narrative of Irish witchcraft and magic which glossed over, ignored, or obscured the depth of belief in witchcraft, both in the past and in contemporary society. Collectively, their work gendered Irish witchcraft, created a myth of a disenchanted, modern Ireland, and reinforced competing views of Irishness and Irish identity. These long-held stereotypes were only challenged in the late twentieth-century.

English literature --- Witches in literature. --- Magic in literature. --- Witchcraft in literature. --- Magic --- Witchcraft --- Irish authors --- History and criticism. --- History. --- Occultism --- Wicca --- Black art (Witchcraft) --- Sorcery --- Magick --- Necromancy --- Spells

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Ensemble de réflexions sur la représentation des sorcières et des magiciennes. Si ces dernières sont nommées, les femmes accusées de sorcellerie restent anonymes jusqu'à ce qu'elles soient dénoncées dans des procès où le corps devient motif d'accusation. Au fil des siècles leur apparence change et est liée à l'histoire du pouvoir. ©Electre 2021

Witches in literature. --- Magicians in literature. --- Witches in art. --- Magicians in art. --- Witches --- Magicians --- Social aspects --- Witches in literature --- Magicians in literature --- Witches in art --- Magicians in art --- Witches - Social aspects - Europe. --- Magicians - Social aspects - Europe. --- Thematology --- anno 1500-1799 --- anno 1800-1999 --- anno 2000-2099 --- Europe