Witches and Cunning Folk in British Literature 1800-1940

Ronald Hutton

doi:10.5325/preternature.7.1.0027

Witches and Cunning Folk in British Literature 1800-1940

Ronald Hutton

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

1 Citation (Scopus)

3696 Downloads (Pure)

Abstract

This is a survey of the way in which witches (defined as workers of evil magic) and cunning folk (defined as magicians who offer magical services for a fee) were represented in literature by British authors between 1800 and 1940, a period very much neglected by scholars interested in literary representations of magic.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	27-49
Number of pages	13
Journal	Preternature: Critical and Historical Studies on the Preternatural
Volume	7
Issue number	1
Early online date	1 Feb 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5325/preternature.7.1.0027
Publication status	Published - 2018

Keywords

witchcraft
magic literature

Access to Document

10.5325/preternature.7.1.0027

Full-text PDF (accepted author manuscript)
This is the author accepted manuscript (AAM). The final published version (version of record) is available online via Penn State University Press at https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5325/preternature.7.1.0027?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents . Please refer to any applicable terms of use of the publisher.
Accepted author manuscript, 240 KB

Handle.net

Persistent link

Cite this

@article{c91bdc3480d849f692df9147f2bef535,

title = "Witches and Cunning Folk in British Literature 1800-1940",

abstract = "This is a survey of the way in which witches (defined as workers of evil magic) and cunning folk (defined as magicians who offer magical services for a fee) were represented in literature by British authors between 1800 and 1940, a period very much neglected by scholars interested in literary representations of magic.",

keywords = "witchcraft, magic literature",

author = "Ronald Hutton",

year = "2018",

doi = "10.5325/preternature.7.1.0027",

language = "English",

volume = "7",

pages = "27--49",

journal = "Preternature: Critical and Historical Studies on the Preternatural",

issn = "2161-2196",

publisher = "Penn State University Press",

number = "1",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Witches and Cunning Folk in British Literature 1800-1940

AU - Hutton, Ronald

PY - 2018

Y1 - 2018

N2 - This is a survey of the way in which witches (defined as workers of evil magic) and cunning folk (defined as magicians who offer magical services for a fee) were represented in literature by British authors between 1800 and 1940, a period very much neglected by scholars interested in literary representations of magic.

AB - This is a survey of the way in which witches (defined as workers of evil magic) and cunning folk (defined as magicians who offer magical services for a fee) were represented in literature by British authors between 1800 and 1940, a period very much neglected by scholars interested in literary representations of magic.

KW - witchcraft

KW - magic literature

U2 - 10.5325/preternature.7.1.0027

DO - 10.5325/preternature.7.1.0027

M3 - Article (Academic Journal)

SN - 2161-2196

VL - 7

SP - 27

EP - 49

JO - Preternature: Critical and Historical Studies on the Preternatural

JF - Preternature: Critical and Historical Studies on the Preternatural

IS - 1

ER -

Witches and Cunning Folk in British Literature 1800-1940

Abstract

Keywords

Access to Document

Handle.net

Fingerprint

Cite this