Crafting the witch
Subtitle: gendering magic in medieval and early modern England
By: by Heidi Breuer.
Series: Studies in medieval history and culture
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9780415977616
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
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 'Are you a good witch or a bad witch?': an introduction to medieval and early modern magic; title: Gender-blending: transformative power in twelfth- and thirteenth-century Arthurian literature; title: From rags to riches, or the step-mother's revenge: transformative power in late medieval Arthurian romances; title: The lady is a hag: three writers and the transformation of magic in sixteenth-century England; title: Hags on film: contemporary echoes of the early modern wicked witch.