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To this day, Salem, Massachusetts, is synonymous with the witch trials of 1692. Their unique pace and structure has not only made the infamous town a strong cultural metaphor, but has generated countless novels, short stories, and plays over the past 200 years. This book marks the first comprehensive analysis of literary Salem and its historical as well as contemporary significance, from Nathaniel Hawthorne’s literature of the 19th century to Arthur Miller’s The Crucible to a growing corpus of contemporary fiction.



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Salem witch trials – Salem in American literature – tourism – witches – memory culture – history and memory – Nathaniel Hawthorne – Arthur Miller – The Crucible – The House of the Seven Gables – ancestry motif – real estate in literature – the afflicted girls – young-adult fiction – contemporary fiction – Wicca

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      Publisher: Peter Lang AG
      Publication Date: 12/05/2021
      ISBN13: 9783631839959, 978-3631839959
      ISBN10: 3631839952

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      To this day, Salem, Massachusetts, is synonymous with the witch trials of 1692. Their unique pace and structure has not only made the infamous town a strong cultural metaphor, but has generated countless novels, short stories, and plays over the past 200 years. This book marks the first comprehensive analysis of literary Salem and its historical as well as contemporary significance, from Nathaniel Hawthorne’s literature of the 19th century to Arthur Miller’s The Crucible to a growing corpus of contemporary fiction.



      Table of Contents

      Salem witch trials – Salem in American literature – tourism – witches – memory culture – history and memory – Nathaniel Hawthorne – Arthur Miller – The Crucible – The House of the Seven Gables – ancestry motif – real estate in literature – the afflicted girls – young-adult fiction – contemporary fiction – Wicca

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