Creative histories of witchcraft : France, 1790-1940 / Poppy Corbett, Anna Kisby Compton, William G. Pooley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Corbett, Poppy, author.

Kisby Compton, Anna, author.

Pooley, William, 1985- author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in magic 2732-4087.

Cambridge elements. Elements in magic, 2732-4087

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Magic--France--History.

Magic.

Witchcraft--France--History.

Witchcraft.

Magic--Research--France.

Witchcraft--Research--France.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (81 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2022.

Summary:

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) and examples from creative outputs: write to discover; borrow forms; use the whole page; play with footnotes; erase the sources; write short; accumulate fragments; re-enact; improvise; use dialogue; change perspective; make methods of metaphors; use props. These tools are ways to 'untell' the dominant narratives that shape stereotypes of the 'witch' which frame belief in witchcraft as ignorant and outdated. Writing differently suggests ways to think and feel differently, to stay with the magic, rather than explaining it away. The Element includes practical creative exercises to try as well as research materials from French newspaper and trial sources from the period.

Notes:

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Print version:

ISBN:

9781009221054 (ebook)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.