Creative Histories of Witchcraft - France, 1790-1940

Klappentext "This Element explores a different set of imaginative techniques to address the fundamental challenge of understanding magic in the past: creative practices, including poetry, drama, and other forms of creative writing. The Element draws on the collaborative project 'Creative Histories of Witchcraft: France, 1790-1940', which brought together a poet (Anna Kisby Compton), a playwright (Poppy Corbett) and a historian (Will Pooley) to explore cases of witchcraft from across this long period. In what follows, we explain our project and how we did it, providing hands-on exercises for other researchers, creative practitioners, and teachers to try out for themselves"-- Zusammenfassung How can researchers study magic without destroying its mystery? Drawing on a collaborative project between the playwright Poppy Corbett, the poet Anna Kisby Compton, and the historian William G. Pooley, this Element presents thirteen tools for creative-academic research into magic, illustrated through case studies from France (1790–1940). Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Fidelity; 3. Brevity; 4. Performance; 5. Empathy; 6. Epilogue.

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• Authors: Anna Kisby Compton, Poppy Corbett, Poppy Compton Corbett, Corbett Poppy, William G Pooley, William G. Pooley, William G. (University of Bristol) Pooley
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2022
• EAN: 9781009221030
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0922103-0
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in Magic
• Subjects: Guides > Spirituality > Ancient knowledge, ancient cultures; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; France, RELIGION / General, European History, Religion & beliefs, Folklore, myths & legends, Mysticism, magic & ritual, Religion and beliefs, Mysticism, magic and occult interests, Occult Studies, Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology), Folklore studies / Study of myth