Which face of witch : self-representations of women as witches in works of contemporary British women writers /

For centuries, the figure of the witch represented the hostile and feared other on the edge of human society, placed in between the world of people and the world of demons. Whether she stood for the untamed powers of nature, dark powers of knowledge or magic, or evil powers derived from the devil, s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Madej-Stang, Adriana
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.
Subjects:	Witches in literature. English fiction > Women authors > History and criticism.

Table of Contents:

Part 1: Representations of Witches in History and Culture
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Meaning of the Term "Witch"
Chapter 2: Magical Beliefs in Christianity
Chapter 3: Witch Trials
Chapter 4: Representations of Witches in the Twentieth Century
Part 2: Literary Representations of Witches in English Literature Before the Twentieth Century
Introduction
Chapter 1: Old English and Medieval Literature
Chapter 2: Renaissance and Baroque: Witch Craze
Chapter 3: The Late Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
Part 3: The Witch in the Novels of Selected Women Writers of the Late Twentieth and Early Twenty-First Centuries
Introduction
Chapter 1: You, the Witch: Entangled in the Past - A Witch Rejected
Chapter 2: Me, the Witch: Constructed in the Present - a Witch Embraced
Chapter 3: Me, That Evil Witch: Rediscovering Evil - A Witch Rejecting
Conclusion.