Romanticism Bewitched: Witchcraft, Revolution and the Female Demonic - Couverture rigide

Smith, Orianne

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1009650025 ISBN 13 : 9781009650021

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2026

Synopsis

The Romantic-era witch was a remarkably flexible symbol of political and social disorder. The then-recent seventeenth-century witch hunts had already revealed deep anxieties about the subversive potential of women, and the witches who stalk the pages of Gothic poetry and prose or glare menacingly from works of art by Henry Fuseli and William Blake embody revolutionary anger and the possibility of radical social transformation. Despite the fears surrounding such figures, however, the Romantic period also saw witchcraft open up in conceptually new ways, enabling writers and artists to envision alternative means of interacting in the world that were not predicated on the subordination of women and other marginalized groups. Here, Orianne Smith embarks on an interdisciplinary reimagining of witchcraft, women's writing, religion, and social reform, providing original insights on the history of witchcraft and its influence on public discourse, literature and art.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Orianne Smith is Professor of English and Affiliate Professor of Gender and Women's Studies at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Her first book, Romantic Women Writers, Revolution and Prophecy: Rebellious Daughters, 1786 –1826 (2013, paperback 2015), also published in the Cambridge Studies in Romanticism series, received the British Association of Romantic Studies (BARS) Biennial First book Award in 2015.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1009650025
• ISBN 13: 9781009650021
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 328
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Cambridge University Press; https://www.cambridge.org/; ; Via Honduras,15; Pomezia; Italia; 71; Italie