Creative histories of witchcraft: France, 1790-1940
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 throu...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2022
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| In: | Year: 2022 |
| Series/Journal: | Cambridge elements. Elements in magic
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| Further subjects: | B
Witchcraft (France)
History
B Magic (France) History B Witchcraft Research (France) B RELIGION / Generals B Magic Research (France) |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9781009221030 |
| 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'untell' the dominant narratives that shape stereotypes of the 'witch' which frame belief in witchcraft as ignorant and outdated.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. "This Element explores a different set of imaginative techniques to address the fundamental challenge of understanding magic in the past: creative practices, including poetry, drama, and other forms of creative writing. The Element draws on the collaborative project 'Creative Histories of Witchcraft: France, 1790-1940', which brought together a poet (Anna Kisby Compton), a playwright (Poppy Corbett) and a historian (Will Pooley) to explore cases of witchcraft from across this long period. In what follows, we explain our project and how we did it, providing hands-on exercises for other researchers, creative practitioners, and teachers to try out for themselves"-- Provided by publisher |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Apr 2022) |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (81 pages), digital, PDF file(s). |
| ISBN: | 978-1-009-22105-4 978-1-009-22103-0 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/9781009221054 |
