The Witch and the Hysteric: The Monstrous Medieval in Benjamin Christensen's Häxan.
Benjamin Christensen's 1922 Swedish/Danish film Häxan (known under its English title as Witchcraft Through the Ages) has entranced, entertained, shocked, and puzzled audiences for nearly a century. The film mixes documentary with fantasy, history with theatrics, religion and science, the mediev...
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Bibliographic Details
| Main Authors: |
Patricia Clare Ingham
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Alexander Doty
(Author) |
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| Corporate Author: |
JSTOR (Organization) |
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| Format: | Software
eBook
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| Language: | English |
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| Language Notes: | English. |
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| Published: |
punctum Books
2014.
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| Subjects: |
documentary, Film Studies, cultural studies, studies in medievalism, witchcraft, monster studies, Swedish cinema, Danish cinema, horror, popular culture, silent film
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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