The child witches of Lucerne and Buchau : a translation of Eveline Hasler's novel / Eveline Hasler ; translated by Waltraud Maierhofer and Jenniefer Vanderbeek ; edited and with an introduction by Waltraud Maierhofer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hasler, Eveline, author.

Contributor:

Maierhofer, Waltraud, 1959- translator, editor, writer of introduction.

Vanderbeek, Jenniefer, translator.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Standardized Title:

Vogelmacherin. English

Language:

English

German

Genre:

Novels.

Physical Description:

xi, 181 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Bethlehem : Lehigh University Press ; Lanham, Maryland : The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2022]

Summary:

"In her research on witchcraft trials, Swiss writer Eveline Hasler discovered children who were accused of witchcraft and punished by death. With this thought-provoking novel, The Child Witches of Lucerne and Buchau, provides a moving memorial for them, translated from the original German by Waltraud Maierhofer and Jennifer Vanderbeek"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Eveline Hasler, Historical Fiction, and Contemporary Literature from German-Speaking Switzerland

European Witch Hunts: Major Scholarly Debates

The Child Witches: Outsiders, Their Helpless Advocates, and The Reader

Notes on the Translation

Concluding Thoughts

The Child Witches of Lucerne and Buchau: A Novel / Eveline Hasler

Preface by Eveline Hasler

Lucerne 1652

Buchau, Upper Swabia 1658.

Notes:

Translated from the German.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Hasler, Eveline. Child witches of Lucerne and Buchau

ISBN:

9781611463385

1611463386

OCLC:

1294152809