Reading the Salem Witch Child The Guilt of Innocent Blood /
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| Summary: | XIX, 233 p. text |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
2020.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2020. |
| Series: | Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic,
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49304-2 |
| Format: | Electronic Book |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: The child as witch
- 1. ‘Bitch witches’: Reading ‘affliction’ in the Salem witch narratives
- 2. The case of Dorcas Good: accuser and accused
- 3. Childhood, witchcraft, and absence
- 4. Motherhood and witchcraft in Salem
- 5. Ann’s Story
- 6. Fictionalising Salem: The reconstructed child
- 7. Conclusion: Salem in the twenty first century.