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The Witch of Edmonton: by William Rowley, Thomas Dekker and John Ford

By Peter Corbin (Editor), Douglas Sedge (Editor)
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By Peter Corbin (Editor), Douglas Sedge (Editor)
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The Witch of Edmonton has received considerable attention recently both from scholars and critics interested in witchcraft practices and also from the directors in the theatre. The play, based on a sensational witchcraft trial of 1621, presents Mother Sawyer and her local community in the grip of a witch-mania reflecting popular belief and superstition of the time. This edition offers a thorough reconsideration of the text with a complete transcription of the original pamphlet by Henry Good...

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Literary CriticismDramaGeneral & Miscellaneous Literary CriticismGeneral & Miscellaneous DramaModern LiteratureGeneral & Miscellaneous DramaLiterature, Modern->15th and 16th centuries->History and criticismDrama->General and miscellaneous