Crafting the witch
Subtitle: gendering magic in medieval and early modern England
By: Heidi Breuer
Series: Studies in medieval history and culture; Studies in medieval history and culture
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9780203876787
Subjects: History; English literature; Magic; Older women in literature; Magic in literature; History and criticism; Medieval Literature; Arthurian romances; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; LITERARY CRITICISM; Witchcraft; Witches in motion pictures; Witches in literature; European
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-185) and index.

Description based on print version record.
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.