Early Modern Whale
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...
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
The slimy burgers of this earthly ball: Edward Browne and his troubles.
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This image is of Edward Browne, a compulsive...
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
A witch detected en route for America, aboard the ‘Recovery’, 1674.
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“We shall here according to our promise … give a full and true relation of a strange account which, as a supplement to our papers ...
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Friday, July 15, 2011
Richard Dugdale, the Surey Demoniac, 1695
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This young man was one Richard Dugdale. He’s in his preferred costume as ‘the Surey demoniack’. ‘Surey’ in this case has nothing to do wit...
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