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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 (17901940) 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the dominant narratives that shape stereotypes of the ''witch'' which frame belief in witchcraft as ignorant and outdated.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 source

Table of Contents
1. Introduction; 2. Fidelity; 3. Brevity; 4. Performance; 5. Empathy; 6. Epilogue.

Creative Histories of Witchcraft

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      Publisher Cambridge University Press
      Published 6/23/2022 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9781009221030
      978-1009221030
      ISBN-10 1009221035
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      Mysticism, magic and alternative spiritual practices Occult studies / Supernatural studies

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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 (17901940) 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the dominant narratives that shape stereotypes of the ''witch'' which frame belief in witchcraft as ignorant and outdated.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 source

      Table of Contents
      1. Introduction; 2. Fidelity; 3. Brevity; 4. Performance; 5. Empathy; 6. Epilogue.

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