{"product_id":"the-witch-of-edmonton-9780713642537","title":"The Witch of Edmonton","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is a historical phenomenon that while thousands of women were being\u003cbr\u003eburnt as witches in early modern Europe, the English - although there\u003cbr\u003ewere a few celebrated trials and executions, one of which the play\u003cbr\u003edramatises - were not widely infected by the witch-craze. The stage\u003cbr\u003eseems to have provided an outlet for anxieties about witchcraft, as\u003cbr\u003ewell as an opportunity for public analysis. The Witch of Edmonton\u003cbr\u003e(1621) manifests this fundamentally reasonable attitude, with Dekker\u003cbr\u003einsisting on justice for the poor and oppressed, Ford providing\u003cbr\u003epsychological character studies, and Rowley the clowning. The village\u003cbr\u003ecommunity of Edmonton feels threatened by two misfits, Old Mother\u003cbr\u003eSawyer, who has turned to the devil to aid her against her unfeeling\u003cbr\u003eneighbours, and Frank, who refuses to marry the woman of his father's\u003cbr\u003echoice and ends up murdering her. This edition shows how the play\u003cbr\u003egenerates sympathy for both and how contemporaries would have responded\u003cbr\u003eto its presentation of village life and witchcraft.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-3229014\"\u003eThomas Dekker\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-11926854\"\u003eJohn Ford\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-3727191\"\u003eWilliam Rowley\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/31\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.76h x 5.10w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780713642537\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 071364253X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-DRA\"\u003eDrama\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-DRA003000\"\u003eEuropean | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45914656702639,"sku":"9780713642537","price":18.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/9255\/8767\/files\/img_bac6ae61-4c15-42df-828b-146f3286098e.jpg?v=1758828335","url":"https:\/\/www.correctionsbookstore.com\/products\/the-witch-of-edmonton-9780713642537","provider":"Corrections Bookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}