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Witchcraft, Wicca & Paganism

The Witch in History

Early Modern and Twentieth-Century Representations

by Diane Purkiss

Purkiss examines how the witch has been imagined, both by early modern accusers and confessors and by twentieth-century feminists and Pagans. She critiques the myth of the 'Burning Times' while taking seriously the stories women told in the trials, and analyses witches in drama and literature. A provocative cultural history suited to readers interested in gender, literature and the uses of the past.

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