Salem Story: Reading the Witch Trials of 1692 (Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Salem Story: Reading the Witch Trials of 1692 (Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture) Book

The most persistent assumption about the Salem witch trials remains that they were precipitated by a circle of hysterical girls. This study examines a variety of individual motives that converged to cause the witch hunt as well as the subsequent mythologies that emerged from it.Read More

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    Salem Story engages the story of the Salem witch trials through an analysis of the surviving primary documentation and juxtaposes that against the way in which our culture has mythologized the events of 1692. Salem Story examines a variety of individual motives that converged to precipitate the witch hunt. The book also examines subsequent mythologies that emerged from the events of 1692. Of the many assumptions about the Salem Witch Trials, the most persistent one remains that they were precipitated by a circle of hysterical girls. Through an analysis of what actually happened, through reading the primary material, the emerging story shows a different picture, one where "hysteria" inappropriately describes the events and where accusing males as well as females participated in strategies of accusation and confession that followed a logical, rational pattern.

  • 0521558204
  • 9780521558204
  • Bernard Rosenthal
  • 29 September 1995
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 304
  • New Ed
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