The Witch of Edmonton

Thomas Dekker, John Ford, William Rowley (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

162 Seiten

2021
Broadview Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-55481-416-9 (ISBN)

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At the center of this remarkable 1621 play is the story of Elizabeth Sawyer, the titular "Witch of Edmonton," a woman who had in fact been executed for the crime of witchcraft mere months before the play's first performance. Yet hers is only one of several plots that animate The Witch of Edmonton. Blending sensational drama with domestic tragedy and comic farce, this complex and multi-layered play by Dekker, Ford, and Rowley emphasizes the mundane realities and interpersonal conflicts that are so often at the heart of sensational occurrences. This edition of their work offers a compelling and informative introduction, thorough annotation, and a selection of contextual materials that helps set the play in the context of the "witch-craze" of Jacobean England.

Shelby Richardson is Assistant Professor of English at the University of New Orleans.

Introduction
William Rowley, John Ford, and Thomas Dekker
The Witch of Edmonton
The Witch of Edmonton
In Context
from James I (James VI of Scotland), Demonology, In Form of a Dialogue, Divided into Three Books (1597)
from William Perkins, A Discourse of the Damned Art of Witchcraft; so far forth as it is revealed in the Scriptures, and manifest by true experience (1608)
from John Cotta, The Trial of Witchcraft, Showing the True and Right Method of the Discovery: With a Confutation of Erroneous Ways (1616)
Henry Goodcole, The Wonderful Discovery of Elizabeth Sawyer, a Witch, late of Edmonton, her conviction and condemnation and death. Together with the relation of the Devil's access to her, and their conference together (1621)

Erscheinungsdatum	03.02.2022
Zusatzinfo	5 Illustrations, black and white
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Gewicht	239 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Dramatik / Theater
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Esoterik / Spiritualität
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-55481-416-2 / 1554814162
ISBN-13	978-1-55481-416-9 / 9781554814169
Zustand	Neuware