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Literary Witches
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Author : Taisia Kitaiskaia
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2017-10-10
Literary Witches written by Taisia Kitaiskaia and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-10 with Literary Criticism categories.
An NPR Best Book of 2017 Celebrate the witchiest women writers with an inventive guidebook that pairs imaginative vignettes with whimsical, folkloric illustrations. Literary Witches reimagines visionary writers as witches: both are figures of formidable creativity, empowerment, and general badassery. Through a series of thirty lyrical portraits, Taisia Kitaiskaia and Katy Horan honor the witchy qualities of well-known and obscure authors alike, including Virginia Woolf, Mira Bai, Toni Morrison, Emily Dickinson, Octavia E. Butler, Sandra Cisneros, and many more. Perfect for both book lovers and coven members, Literary Witches is a treasure trove of creative and courageous women who aren’t afraid to be alone in the woods of their imagination. Kitaiskaia and Horan conjure evocative, highly stylized depictions of history’s most beloved female authors, introduce enchanting new writers, and invite you to rediscover the magic of literature.
The Literary Witches Oracle
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Author : Taisia Kitaiskaia
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-08-22
The Literary Witches Oracle written by Taisia Kitaiskaia and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-22 with Creative thinking categories.
Literary Witches And Solitary Women As Role Models Capstone Project
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Author : Edd Laura Sweeney
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2010-05-01
Literary Witches And Solitary Women As Role Models Capstone Project written by Edd Laura Sweeney and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-05-01 with Fiction categories.
Explore the lessons taught by good witches throughout literature. The author takes a look at Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, Paulo Coehlo's The Witch of Portobello and George Speare's The Witch of Blackbird Pond. A Capstone Graduate Project of interest to those who question the value of studying witches in literature. The witch is not merely someone who does magic; she represents the couragious one who dares walk a solitary path. (Literary thesis, university level reading)
Crafting The Witch
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Author : Heidi Breuer
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2009-05-05
Crafting The Witch written by Heidi Breuer and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-05-05 with History categories.
This book analyzes the gendered transformation of magical figures occurring in Arthurian romance in England from the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries. In the earlier texts, magic is predominantly a masculine pursuit, garnering its user prestige and power, but in the later texts, magic becomes a primarily feminine activity, one that marks its user as wicked and heretical. This project explores both the literary and the social motivations for this transformation, seeking an answer to the question, 'why did the witch become wicked?' Heidi Breuer traverses both the medieval and early modern periods and considers the way in which the representation of literary witches interacted with the culture at large, ultimately arguing that a series of economic crises in the fourteenth century created a labour shortage met by women. As women moved into the previously male-dominated economy, literary backlash came in the form of the witch, and social backlash followed soon after in the form of Renaissance witch-hunting. The witch figure serves a similar function in modern American culture because late-industrial capitalism challenges gender conventions in similar ways as the economic crises of the medieval period.
A Discovery Of Witches
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Author : Deborah Harkness
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2011-02-08
A Discovery Of Witches written by Deborah Harkness and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-08 with Fiction categories.
NOW A MAJOR SKY TV SERIES. THE NUMBER ONE INTERNATIONAL AND SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER. A Discovery of Witches is the first novel in the must-read ALL SOULS series. It begins with absence and desire. It begins with blood and fear. It begins with a discovery of witches. --- A world of witches, daemons and vampires. A manuscript which holds the secrets of their past and the key to their future. Diana and Matthew - the forbidden love at the heart of it. When historian Diana Bishop opens an alchemical manuscript in the Bodleian Library, it's an unwelcome intrusion of magic into her carefully ordered life. Though Diana is a witch of impeccable lineage, the violent death of her parents while she was still a child convinced her that human fear is more potent than any witchcraft. Now Diana has unwittingly exposed herself to a world she's kept at bay for years; one of powerful witches, creative, destructive daemons and long-lived vampires. Sensing the significance of Diana's discovery, the creatures gather in Oxford, among them the enigmatic Matthew Clairmont, a vampire geneticist. Diana is inexplicably drawn to Matthew and, in a shadowy world of half-truths and old enmities, ties herself to him without fully understanding the ancient line they are crossing. As they begin to unlock the secrets of the manuscript and their feelings for each other deepen, so the fragile balance of peace unravels... Fall under the spell of Diana and Matthew in the stunning first volume of the No.1 internationally bestselling ALL SOULS series. --- Five reasons to read A Discovery of Witches and the All Souls series: 'Rich, thrilling . . . A captivating and romantic ripping yarn' E L James 'Intelligent and off-the-wall . . . irresistible to Twilight fans' Sunday Times 'I could lose myself in here and never want to come out . . . Utterly enchanting on every level' Manda Scott 'Exciting amounts of spells, kisses and battles, and is recounted with enchanting, page-turning panache' Marie Claire 'A bubbling cauldron of illicit desire . . . an assured saga that blends romance with fantasy' Daily Mail
Women And Witchcraft In Popular Literature C 1560 1715
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Author : Marion Gibson
language : en
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Release Date : 2007
Women And Witchcraft In Popular Literature C 1560 1715 written by Marion Gibson and has been published by Ashgate Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Trials categories.
The works selected for this volume are taken from topical literature representing the prosecution of English women for witchcraft between 1566 and 1712. The texts here were chosen to represent all the ways in which women's activities as witches were presented in 'popular' literature rather than texts aimed at a more leisured and literate readership.
We Were Witches
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Author : Ariel Gore
language : en
Publisher: Feminist Press at CUNY
Release Date : 2017-09-05
We Were Witches written by Ariel Gore and has been published by Feminist Press at CUNY this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-05 with Fiction categories.
This inspirational “magic-infused narrative . . . is a moving account of a young writer and mother striving to claim her own agency and find her voice” (Publishers Weekly). Buying into the dream that education is the road out of poverty, a teen mom takes a chance on bettering herself and talks her way into college. But once she’s there, phallocratic narratives permeate every subject. Wryly riffing on feminist literary tropes, We Were Witches documents the survival of a demonized single lesbian mother as she’s beset by custody disputes, homophobia, and America’s ever-present obsession with shaming unconventional women into passive citizenship. But even as the narrator struggles to graduate, a question uncomfortably lingers: If you’re dealing with precarious parenthood, queer identity, and debt, what is the true narrative shape of your experience?
The Oxford Handbook Of Witchcraft In Early Modern Europe And Colonial America
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Author : Brian P. Levack
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2013-03-28
The Oxford Handbook Of Witchcraft In Early Modern Europe And Colonial America written by Brian P. Levack and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-28 with History categories.
The essays in this Handbook, written by leading scholars working in the rapidly developing field of witchcraft studies, explore the historical literature regarding witch beliefs and witch trials in Europe and colonial America between the early fifteenth and early eighteenth centuries. During these years witches were thought to be evil people who used magical power to inflict physical harm or misfortune on their neighbours. Witches were also believed to have made pacts with the devil and sometimes to have worshipped him at nocturnal assemblies known as sabbaths. These beliefs provided the basis for defining witchcraft as a secular and ecclesiastical crime and prosecuting tens of thousands of women and men for this offence. The trials resulted in as many as fifty thousand executions. These essays study the rise and fall of witchcraft prosecutions in the various kingdoms and territories of Europe and in English, Spanish, and Portuguese colonies in the Americas. They also relate these prosecutions to the Catholic and Protestant reformations, the introduction of new forms of criminal procedure, medical and scientific thought, the process of state-building, profound social and economic change, early modern patterns of gender relations, and the wave of demonic possessions that occurred in Europe at the same time. The essays survey the current state of knowledge in the field, explore the academic controversies that have arisen regarding witch beliefs and witch trials, propose new ways of studying the subject, and identify areas for future research.
Magic Lessons
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Author : Alice Hoffman
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2021-09-07
Magic Lessons written by Alice Hoffman and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-07 with Fiction categories.
In the 1600s, Maria was abandoned in a snowy field in rural England as a baby. Under the care of Hannah Owens, who recognizes that Maria has a gift, she learns about the 'Unnamed Arts.' When Maria is abandoned by the man who has declared his love for her, she follows him to Salem, Massachusetts. She invokes a curse that will haunt her family for generations. And she learns the lesson that she will carry with her for the rest of her life: Love is the only thing that matters.
Witchcraft And Adolescence In American Popular Culture
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Author : Miranda Corcoran
language : en
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Release Date : 2022-06-15
Witchcraft And Adolescence In American Popular Culture written by Miranda Corcoran and has been published by University of Wales Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-15 with categories.