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Author Madej-Stang, Adriana, author

Title Which face of witch : self-representations of women as witches in works of contemporary British women writers / by Adriana Madej-Stang
Published Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015
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Description 1 online resource (xi, 257 pages)
Summary For centuries, the figure of the witch represented the hostile and feared "other" on the edge of human society, placed "in between" the world of people and the world of demons. Whether she stood for the untamed powers of nature, dark powers of knowledge or magic, or evil powers derived from the devil, she was always identified with fear as a disturbance, as a danger to the order of society and to the well-being of those who understood themselves as settled within the borders of the patriarcha ..
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pagegs 238-252) and index
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Subject Witches in literature.
English fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism
C 1900 -.
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Gender studies: women.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English fiction -- Women authors
Witches in literature
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1443879878
9781443879873