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Release Year: 1995

Book Title: Salem Story: Reading the Witch Trials of 1692 (Cambridge Studi...

ISBN: 9780521558204

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Cambridge University Press

ISBN-10

0521558204

ISBN-13

9780521558204

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457753

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Number of Pages

304 Pages

Publication Name

Salem Story : Reading the Witch Trials of 1692

Language

English

Subject

Witchcraft (See Also Religion / Wicca), United States / State & Local / New England (Ct, mA, Me, NH, Ri, VT), American / General

Publication Year

1995

Type

Textbook

Subject Area

Literary Criticism, Body, Mind & Spirit, History

Author

Bernard Rosenthal

Series

Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture Ser.

Format

Trade Paperback

Dimensions

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0.7 in

Item Weight

15.5 Oz

Item Length

9.1 in

Item Width

6 in

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Scholarly & Professional

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"...a carefully and clearly written account....[By his] close reading of the record and its subsequent historiography Rosenthal dismantles many...assumptions (for example, adolescent female hysteria, Tituba's 'wild and strange superstitions' or the Christian martyr-figure, Rebecca Nourse) and substitutes a minimalist account of the proceedings, but one that is much more consistent with the available evidence and the applicability of theory to it....Rosenthal pays close and shrewd attention to the law as well as to theology and popular belief. The book is an instantly standard item in--and guide through--both the scholarly and popular history of the Salem trials." Choice, "If you own only one book about the witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts, it should be this one, and if you have others, this one should be among them." Journal of American Folklore, "No doubt Rosenthal knows that myths must go on despite his laborious efforts to expose them. Still, for those interested in the trials themselves, he has performed a valuable service by sifting the evidence and telling not only the single Salem story but also the many and varied stories of the main participants. In addition, he has offered a compelling explanation for how a society fashions and cultivates--and needs--its myths." Kenneth P. Minkema, New England Quarterly, 'The author's reflections on Salem's continuing symbolic resonance, make Salem Story thoroughly rewarding'. Times Literary Supplement, "This is no light historical overview as are so many accounts, but a strong story of the trials which contrasts the primary documents themselves with the myths surrounding the Salem events....Rosenthal provides a refreshingly different approach." Reviewer's Bookwatch, ‘The author’s reflections on Salem’s continuing symbolic resonance, make Salem Story thoroughly rewarding’.Times Literary Supplement, "In Salem Story, Bernard Rosenthal, Professor of English at the State University of New York at Binghamton, provides a useful and methodologically somewhat different approach to the story of the Salem witch trials." Bryan Le Beau, American Studies, "...should be essential reading for anyone working on the trials, and I can think of no better starting place for students of the field....A true legal thriller, Salem Story is also that rare academic work with the capacity to reach a wider popular readership." Anne G. Myles, American Literature, "The gender-related issues are especially striking...The author's reflections on Salem's continuing symbolic resonance, make Salem Story thoroughly rewarding." PA, Times Literary Supplement

Series Volume Number

Series Number 73

Illustrated

Yes

Dewey Decimal

133.43097445

Table Of Content

1. Dark Eve; 2. The girls of Salem; 3. Boys and girls together; 4. June 10, 1692; 5. July 19, 1692; 6. August 19, 1692; 7. George Burroughs and the Mathers; 8. September 22, 1692; 9. Assessing an inextricable storm; 10. Salem story.

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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., Salem Story engages the story of the Salem witch trials by contrasting an analysis of the surviving primary documentation with the way events of 1692 have been mythologised by our culture. Resisting the temptation to explain the Salem witch trials in the context of an inclusive theoretical framework, the book examines a variety of individual motives that converged to precipitate the witch-hunt. Of the many assumptions about the Salem witch trials, the most persistent is that they were instigated by a circle of hysterical girls. Through an analysis of what actually happened - by perusal of the primary materials with the 'close reading' approach of a literary critic - a different picture emerges, one where 'hysteria' inappropriately describes the logical, rational strategies of accusation and confession followed by the accusers, males and females alike., Salem Story engages the story of the Salem witch trials by contrasting an analysis of the surviving primary documentation with the way events of 1692 have been mythologised by our culture. Rosenthal paints a picture of Salem where healthy accusers use rational strategies, and are not at all the hysterical creatures of popular myth.

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