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Embracing the darkness : a cultural history of witchcraft / John Callow.

By: Publisher: London : I.B. Tauris, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Description: xvii, 263 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781845114695
  • 1845114698
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BF1566 .C2648 2018
Contents:
The figure at the window -- The witch house of Bamberg -- The widow, the fish and the enchanted goatskins -- A nightmare given form -- The brutalised witch -- Little Sister Jeanne of the Angels -- I shall go unto a hare -- The flight of the witch : from reason to romance -- The witch on the Barbican -- The way through the woods.
Summary: A belief in the supernatural, and in black magic, has been central to European cultural life for 3,000 years. From the German witch trials to the macabre novels of Dennis Wheatley; from the sadistic persecution of eccentric village women to the seductive sorceresses of TV's Charmed; and from Derek Jarman's baroque film sets and punk vision to Ken Russell's The Devils, John Callow brings the world of the witch, mage and necromancer to life. Witchcraft has profoundly shaped the Western imagination, and endures in the forms of modern-day Wicca and Paganism. This book is an account of this aspect of the Western cultural experience.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks BF1566 .C2648 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001451771

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-253) and index.

The figure at the window -- The witch house of Bamberg -- The widow, the fish and the enchanted goatskins -- A nightmare given form -- The brutalised witch -- Little Sister Jeanne of the Angels -- I shall go unto a hare -- The flight of the witch : from reason to romance -- The witch on the Barbican -- The way through the woods.

A belief in the supernatural, and in black magic, has been central to European cultural life for 3,000 years. From the German witch trials to the macabre novels of Dennis Wheatley; from the sadistic persecution of eccentric village women to the seductive sorceresses of TV's Charmed; and from Derek Jarman's baroque film sets and punk vision to Ken Russell's The Devils, John Callow brings the world of the witch, mage and necromancer to life. Witchcraft has profoundly shaped the Western imagination, and endures in the forms of modern-day Wicca and Paganism. This book is an account of this aspect of the Western cultural experience.

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