Witch Words

Download or read book Words Like Daggers written by Kirilka Stavreva and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dramatic and documentary narratives about aggressive and garrulous women often cast such women as reckless and ultimately unsuccessful usurpers of cultural authority. Contending narratives, however, sometimes within the same texts, point to the effective subversion and undoing of the normative restrictions of social and gender hierarchies. Words Like Daggers explores the scolding invectives, malevolent curses, and ecstatic prophesies of early modern women as attested to in legal documents, letters, self-narratives, popular pamphlets, ballads, and dramas of the era. Examining the framing and performance of violent female speech between the 1590s and the 1660s, Kirilka Stavreva dismantles the myth of the silent and obedient women who allegedly populated early modern England. Blending gender theory with detailed historical analysis, Words Like Daggers asserts the power of women's language--the power to subvert binaries and destabilize social hierarchies, particularly those of gender--in the early modern era. In the process Stavreva reconstructs the speech acts of individual contentious women, such as the scold Janet Dalton, the witch Alice Samuel, and the Quaker Elizabeth Stirredge. Because the dramatic potential of women's powerful rhetorical performances was recognized not only by victims and witnesses of individual violent speech acts but also by theater professionals, Stavreva also focuses on how the stage, arguably the most influential cultural institution of the Renaissance, orchestrated and aestheticized women's fighting words and, in so doing, showcased and augmented their cultural significance.

Download or read book 1000 Words to Expand Your Vocabulary written by Joseph Piercy and published by Michael O'Mara Books. This book was released on 2018-03-22 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1000 Words to Expand Your Vocabulary, each entry contains outlines of word origins, examples in context and a wealth of word related trivia.

Download or read book The Dictionary of English Inflected Words, with the Syllabication of All the Words According to a System Founded on Well-defined Principles written by James Stormonth and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Glossary of Words Used in Swaledale, Yorkshire written by John Harland and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Glossary of Words in Use in Cornwall written by Margaret Ann Courtney and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Power of Words written by James Kapaló and published by Central European University Press. This book was released on 2013-04-20 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: n medieval and early modern Europe, the use of charms was a living practice in all strata of society. The essays in this latest CEU Press publication explore the rich textual tradition of archives, monasteries, and literary sources. The author also discusses texts amassed in folklore archives and ones that are still accessible through field work in many rural areas of Europe.

Download or read book Power of the Witch written by Laurie Cabot and published by Delta. This book was released on 2013-12-18 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The earth, the moon, and the magical path to enlightenment. Written by a practicing witch who conducts classes and seminars on witchcraft—the oldest Western religion, a means of power and enlightenment, and a healing art. “Laurie Cabot has written a fascinating account of a beautiful and sadly misunderstood religion, witchcraft. She has with her life and work done a great deal to legitimize this ancient pagan form of worship. I am among the ecumenical Christians who have discovered the truth about witchcraft, that it is neither demonic nor evil. Power of the Witch is a marvelous introduction to the magical and highly ethical world of wicca.”—Whitley Strieber