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Cambridge University Press Salem Story: Reading the Witch Trials of 1692: 73 (Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture, Series Number 73)

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Salem Story engages the story of the Salem witch trials by contrasting an analysis of the surviving primary documentation with the way events of 1692 have been mythologised by our culture. Resisting the temptation to explain the Salem witch trials in the context of an inclusive theoretical framework, the book examines a variety of individual motives that converged to precipitate the witch-hunt. Of the many assumptions about the Salem witch trials, the most persistent is that they were instigated by a circle of hysterical girls. Through an analysis of what actually happened - by perusal of the primary materials with the 'close reading' approach of a literary critic - a different picture emerges, one where 'hysteria' inappropriately describes the logical, rational strategies of accusation and confession followed by the accusers, males and females alike.

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Brand: Cambridge University Press
Format: paperback
ASIN: 0521558204
Category: Books > Subjects > Religion & Spirituality > New Age > Occult > Witchcraft
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 18 November 2010
Listed Since: 04 January 2007

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