Constructing a witch /

Featuring ten collage illustrations by the author, Helen Ivory’s new poetry collection Constructing a Witch fixes on the monstering and the scapegoating of women and on the fear of ageing femininity. In this collection, the witch appears as the barren, child-eating hag. She is a lustful seductress l...

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Main Author: Ivory, Helen, 1969- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Hexham, Northumberland, UK : Bloodaxe Books, [2024].
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