The Witch in the Western Imagination by Roper, Lyndal

The Witch in the Western Imagination

In an exciting new approach to witchcraft studies, The Witch in the Western Imagination examines the visual...
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Author: Lyndal Roper
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Language: English
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The Witch in the Western Imagination by Roper, Lyndal

The Witch in the Western Imagination

Dhs. 411.18

The Witch in the Western Imagination

Dhs. 411.18
Author: Lyndal Roper
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

In an exciting new approach to witchcraft studies, The Witch in the Western Imagination examines the visual representation of witches in early modern Europe. With vibrant and lucid prose, Lyndal Roper moves away from the typical witchcraft studies on trials, beliefs, and communal dynamics and instead considers the witch as a symbolic and malleable figure through a broad sweep of topics and time periods.

Employing a wide selection of archival, literary, and visual materials, Roper presents a series of thematic studies that range from the role of emotions in Renaissance culture to demonology as entertainment, and from witchcraft as female embodiment to the clash of cultures on the brink of the Enlightenment. Rather than providing a vast synthesis or survey, this book is questioning and exploratory in nature and illuminates our understanding of the mental and psychic worlds of people in premodern Europe.

Roper's spectrum of theoretical interests will engage readers interested in cultural history, psychoanalytic theory, feminist theory, art history, and early modern European studies. These essays, three of which appear here for the first time in print, are complemented by more than forty images, from iconic paintings to marginal drawings on murals or picture frames. 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.



Author: Lyndal Roper
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: 08/20/2012
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.90w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780813932972

About the Author

Lyndal Roper, Regius Professor of History at the University of Oxford, is author of Witch Craze: Terror and Fantasy in Baroque Germany.


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