RT Book
T1 Creative histories of witchcraft: France, 1790-1940
T2 Cambridge elements. Elements in magic
A1 Corbett, Poppy 1986-
A2 Kisby Compton, Anna ca. 20./21. Jh.
A2 Pooley, William 1985-
LA English
PP Cambridge
PB Cambridge University Press
YR 2022
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/180744743X
AB 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'untell' the dominant narratives that shape stereotypes of the 'witch' which frame belief in witchcraft as ignorant and outdated.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.
OP 81
NO Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Apr 2022)
CN 133.4/30944
SN 9781009221054
SN 9781009221030
K1 Magic : History : France
K1 Witchcraft : History : France
K1 Magic : Research : France
K1 Witchcraft : Research : France
DO 10.1017/9781009221054