"Are Not Witches Always Old and Poor?" The Theory and Practice of Witchcraft in Joanna Baillie's Play Witchcraft

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

"Are Not Witches Always Old and Poor?" The Theory and Practice of Witchcraft in Joanna Baillie's Play Witchcraft

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

ABSTRACT: Joanna Baillie?s play Witchcraft was published in the third volume of her Miscellaneous Plays (1836). The action of the play revolves around a Scottish witchcraft trial before the repeal of the Witchcraft Act in 1736. It deals with false accusations of witchcraft in superstition-ridden Scotland. The play uses witchcraft as a device to explore the effects of collective hysteria and of the individual?s situation in relation to social and historical processes. Witchcraft is a term usually referring to human actions that are believed to influence human or natural events through supernatural power. There are a number of recurring elements of witchcraft, i.e. performance of rituals, symbolic significance of objects, typical condition of a witch, etc. Baillie shows all these common features of witchcraft in her play in order to demonstrate how old, destitute and desperate female characters seek power, love and revenge, creating mass hysteria and paranoia in their accusers and the wh

Název v anglickém jazyce

"Are Not Witches Always Old and Poor?" The Theory and Practice of Witchcraft in Joanna Baillie's Play Witchcraft

Popis výsledku anglicky

ABSTRACT: Joanna Baillie?s play Witchcraft was published in the third volume of her Miscellaneous Plays (1836). The action of the play revolves around a Scottish witchcraft trial before the repeal of the Witchcraft Act in 1736. It deals with false accusations of witchcraft in superstition-ridden Scotland. The play uses witchcraft as a device to explore the effects of collective hysteria and of the individual?s situation in relation to social and historical processes. Witchcraft is a term usually referring to human actions that are believed to influence human or natural events through supernatural power. There are a number of recurring elements of witchcraft, i.e. performance of rituals, symbolic significance of objects, typical condition of a witch, etc. Baillie shows all these common features of witchcraft in her play in order to demonstrate how old, destitute and desperate female characters seek power, love and revenge, creating mass hysteria and paranoia in their accusers and the wh

Druh

D - Stať ve sborníku

CEP obor

AJ - Písemnictví, mas–media, audiovize

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2013

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název statě ve sborníku

From Theory to Practice 2012 Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Anglophone Studies

ISBN

9788074542763

ISSN

1805-9899

e-ISSN

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Počet stran výsledku

6

Strana od-do

303-308

Název nakladatele

Univerzita Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně

Místo vydání

Zlín

Místo konání akce

Zlín

Datum konání akce

1. 1. 2013

Typ akce podle státní příslušnosti

WRD - Celosvětová akce

Kód UT WoS článku

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