Breuer, Heidi. Crafting the witch : gendering magic in medieval and early modern England

Folger bibliographic ID: 224221
Folger call number: PN671 .B73 2009
Folger holdings ID: 254927

General notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-185) and index

Contents

"Are you a good witch or a bad witch?": an introduction to medieval and early modern magic -- Gender-blending: transformative power in twelfth- and thirteenth-century Arthurian literature -- From rags to riches, or the step-mother's revenge: transformative power in late medieval Arthurian romances -- The lady is a hag: three writers and the transformation of magic in sixteenth-century England -- Hags on film: contemporary echoes of the early modern wicked witch

Extended title: Crafting the witch : gendering magic in medieval and early modern England / Heidi Breuer

Literature, Medieval English literature Witches in literature Arthurian romances Older women in literature Magic Magic in literature Witchcraft Witches in motion pictures

author: Breuer, Heidi, 1972-