Witchcraft Myths in American Culture

A fascinating examination of how Americans think about and write about witches, from the ''real'' witches tried and sometimes executed in early New England to modern re-imaginings of witches as pagan priestesses, comic-strip heroines and feminist icons.The first half of the book is a thorough re-reading of the original documents describing witchcraft prosecutions from 1640-1700 and a re-thinking o...