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Werewolf Histories
Willem de . Ed(S): Blecourt
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Description for Werewolf Histories
Paperback. Editor(s): Blecourt, Willem de. Series: Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic. BIC Classification: HBJD. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Werewolf Histories is the first academic book in English to address European werewolf history and folklore from antiquity to the twentieth century. It covers the most important werewolf territories, ranging from Scandinavia to Germany, France and Italy, and from Croatia to Estonia.
Werewolf Histories is the first academic book in English to address European werewolf history and folklore from antiquity to the twentieth century. It covers the most important werewolf territories, ranging from Scandinavia to Germany, France and Italy, and from Croatia to Estonia.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Language
English
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
Number of Pages
260
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349580491
SKU
V9781349580491
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About Willem de . Ed(S): Blecourt
Johannes Dillinger, Oxford Brookes University, UK Matteo Duni, Syracuse University in Florence, Italy Richard L. Gordon, University of Erfurt, Germany Merili Metsvahi, University of Tartu, Estonia Maja Pasari?, Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research, Croatia Aleks Pluskowski, University of Reading, UK Rolf Schulte, University of Kiel, Germany Michèle Simonsen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Christa Agnes Tuczay, University of Vienna, Austria Rita Voltmer, University of Trier, Germany
Reviews for Werewolf Histories
“Werewolf Histories is a fascinating look at the diversity of beliefs about werewolves, and a valuable reminder of the different contexts in which these beliefs occur. … Werewolf Histories is packed with fascinating analysis of an under-examined piece of folklore. It’s particularly compelling because of the way in which it looks at the phenomenon of werewolf belief from several different scholarly perspectives.” (James Holloway, Fortean Times, Vol. 335, December, 2015) 'The volume's aims, as outlined in de Blécourt's introductory essay, are met by the essays collected, particularly the stated intention to mark a 'transition from popular werewolf publications to academic historical perspectives'. The clear and nuanced historical perspectives presented certainly set the volume apart from the putative 'werewolf history' presented in the popular publications that are commonly cited in studies of contemporary literary and cinematic werewolves.' Hannah Priest, Swansea University, UK