Title: Crafting the witch : gendering magic in medieval and early modern England /
Authors: Breuer, Heidi, 1972-
Publisher: Routledge,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Literature, Medieval History and criticism; English literature History and criticism; Witches in literature; Arthurian romances History and criticism.; Older women in literature.; Magic England History.; Magic in literature.; Witchcraft England History.; Witches in motion pictures.
Contents: "Are you a good witch or a bad witch?": an introduction to medieval and early modern magic -- Gender-blending: transformative power in twelfth- and thirteenth-century Arthurian literature -- From rags to riches, or the step-mother's revenge: transformative power in late medieval Arthurian romances -- The lady is a hag: three writers and the transformation of magic in sixteenth-century England -- Hags on film: contemporary echoes of the early modern wicked witch.