{"product_id":"detestable-and-wicked-arts-9781501751615","title":"Detestable and Wicked Arts","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeeply researched, crisply composed, and highly engaging, this is arguably the best introductory survey available on witchcraft in the early modern English Atlantic. A work of synthesis and innovative scholarship, it will be of interest to neophytes and experts alike.\u003c\/p\u003e * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe virtue of Paul Moyer's book is that it presents in most readable form the basics of a dense and complex subject: witchcraft beliefs and practices in New England and early modern Europe in the period between 1640 and 1670. A transatlantic analysis of witchcraft activity in this period is essential because New England thinkers were reading and assimilating European ideas and seeing themselves in that light, especially in terms of English cases. Moyer's book is rich in material and well nuanced. The subject as a whole, including all the relevant cases and a variety of interpretive perspectives, has rarely been brought together in a single volume.\u003c\/p\u003e * Early American Literature *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDetestable and Wicked Arts\u003c\/i\u003e is an important and needed contribution to the study of New England witchcraft, as well as to the field of Atlantic studies Moyer's accessible, jargon-free writing style and sophisticated handling of an extraordinary number of primary sources and case studies makes Detestable and Wicked Arts especially suitable for undergraduate and graduate students and nonspecialists\u003c\/p\u003e * Journal of American History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoyer's study is an extremely well-researched, fully considered, well-structured study of events that are, by their very nature, incoherent and messy.\u003c\/p\u003e * The Seventeenth Century *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Devil in New England\u003cbr\u003e 1. \"Hanged for a Witch\": Witch-Hunting in New England before 1670\u003cbr\u003e 2. \"Being Instigated by the Devil\": The Crime of Witchcraft\u003cbr\u003e 3. \"A Forward, Discontented Frame of Spirit\": The New England Witch\u003cbr\u003e 4. \"The More Women, the More Witches\": Gender and Witchcraft\u003cbr\u003e 5. \"There Was Some Mischief in It\": The Social Context of Witchcraft\u003cbr\u003e 6. \"Very Awful and Amazing\": Witch Panics and the Bewitched\u003cbr\u003e 7. \"According to God's Law\": Witch-Hunting as a Judicial Process\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: The Case of Ann Burt and Witch-Hunting in the English Atlantic\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409346208087,"sku":"9781501751615","price":24.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501751615.jpg?v=1730506504","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/detestable-and-wicked-arts-9781501751615","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}