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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823238903321

Autore

Roper Lyndal

Titolo

The witch in the Western imagination / / Lyndal Roper

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2012

ISBN

0-8139-3300-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 p.)

Collana

Richard lectures for 1998

Studies in early modern German history

Disciplina

700/.477

Soggetti

Witches in art

Witches in literature

Arts, European - Themes, motives

Arts and society - Europe

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter One Witchcraft and the Western Imagination""; ""Chapter Two The Gorgon of Augsburg""; ""Chapter Three Dürer's Empty Frame""; ""Chapter Four Envy""; ""Chapter Five Witchcraft and Village Drama""; ""Chapter Six Witches' Children""; ""Chapter Seven The Suicidal Student""; ""Notes""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

In her unique focus on the imagery of witchcraft, Lyndal Roper has succeeded in adding a compelling new dimension to the study of witchcraft in early modern Europe.