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by Diane Purkiss (Author) "Here is a story. Once upon a time, there was a woman who lived on the edge of a village..." (more)
Key Phrases: pact witchcraft, women deponents, radical feminist histories, New York, Cambridge University Press, New World (more...)
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Editorial Reviews
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Ms. Purkiss..has interesting things to say about contemporary witchcraft and some striking if idiosyncratic comments about earlier (mainly fifteenth-and sixteenth century) material...Her [Purkiss's] analysis of the contemporary witchcraft movement, like her analysis of their myths, though generally critical, is occasionally and almost reluctantly admiring..
The New York Review of Books, October 1997

Ms. Purkiss..has interesting things to say about contemporary witchcraft and some striking if idiosyncratic comments about earlier (mainly fifteenth-and sixteenth century) material...Her [Purkiss's] analysis of the contemporary witchcraft movement, like her analysis of their myths, though generally critical, is occasionally and almost reluctantly admiring..
The New York Review of Books, October 1997

The author has an impressive ... grasp of literary, philosophical, psychological, and ethnological sources and their relevance to women.
Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences



The author has an impressive ... grasp of literary, philosophical, psychological, and ethnological sources and their relevance to women.
Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences

The New York Review of Books, October 1997
"[Purkiss'] analysis of the contemporary witchcraft movement...is occasionally and almost reluctantly admiring." --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Product Details
  • Paperback: 296 pages
  • Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (October 14, 1996)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0415087627
  • ISBN-13: 978-0415087629
  • Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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