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The Witch of Edmonton: A Broadview Anthology of British Literature Edition - Softcover

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Dekker, Thomas; Ford, John; Rowley, William

 
9781554814169: The Witch of Edmonton: A Broadview Anthology of British Literature Edition
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1554814162 ISBN 13: 9781554814169
Verlag: Broadview Press Ltd, 2021

Inhaltsangabe

At the center of this remarkable 1621 play is the story of Elizabeth Sawyer, the titular “Witch of Edmonton,” a woman who had in fact been executed for the crime of witchcraft mere months before the play’s first performance. Described by the authors as a tragi-comedy and drawn in part from a pamphlet account of the trial then circulating, the play not only offers a riveting account of the contemporary superstitions embodied by the figure of the witch, but also delivers an implicit critique of the society that has created her. This edition of the work offers a compelling and informative introduction, thorough annotation, and a selection of contextual materials that helps set the play in the context of the “witch-craze” of Jacobean England.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Shelby Richardson is Assistant Professor of English at the University of New Orleans.

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At the center of this remarkable 1621 play is the story of Elizabeth Sawyer, the titular "Witch of Edmonton," a woman who had in fact been executed for the crime of witchcraft mere months before the play's first performance. Described by the authors as a tragi-comedy and drawn in part from a pamphlet account of the trial then circulating, the play not only offers a riveting account of the contemporary superstitions embodied by the figure of the witch, but also delivers an implicit critique of the society that has created her. This edition of the work offers a compelling and informative introduction, thorough annotation, and a selection of contextual materials that helps set the play in the context of the "witch-craze" of Jacobean England.

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Verlag
Broadview Press Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
2021
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1554814162
ISBN 13 
9781554814169
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
159
Herausgeber
Richardson Shelby
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