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Thursday, September 15, 2016
Some notes on familiar spirits
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I read James Serpell’s piece on familiar spirits, ‘Guardian Spirits or demonic Pets: The Concept of the Witch’s Familiar in Early Modern ...
Thursday, September 08, 2011
Losing hope on the Hope-well: two more supernatural sea stories
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I have a lecture to give during the coming term on ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’. After the witch on the ship ‘Recovery’, this incline...
Friday, May 29, 2009
Office marmalade
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Here's a diablerie out of William Winstanley, Historical rarities and curious observations domestick & foreign (1684), a rat...
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
You make me feel like (not) dancing: early modern Salome
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I was spending an idle but contented hour this last Sunday afternoon looking at YouTube clips of Rita Hayworth dancing, and singing (I ...
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