Charms, charmers and charming: international research on verbal magic

Bringing together many of today's key scholars of verbal charming, these essays cover vernacular magical texts and practice from Malaysia to Madagascar, and from England to Estonia. As the most comprehensive collection of research oncharms, charmers and charming available in the English language, it forms an essential reader on the topic. ÍNDICE: Introduction: Unity and Diversity in Charms Studies; J.Roper - PART I: TOPICS AND ISSUES IN CHARMS STUDIES - The Charmer's Body and Behaviour asa Window onto Early Modern Selfhood; L.Stark - 'If not, shall employ Rough onRats': Identifying the common elements of rat charms; P.Cowdell - Miracles and Impossibilities in Magic Folk Poetry; E.PC3cs - Snakebite Charms from a Gender Perspective; R.Herjulfsdotter - Charms as a Means of Coping; U.Wolf-Knuts -Towards the Systematization of Narrative Elements of Slavic Charms; V.Klyaus - Conformity and Originaligy in Middle English Charms; T.M.Smallwood - The Nightmare Charm in King Lear; J.Simpson - Expressions of Impossibility and Inevitability in Mari Charms; N.Glukhova & V.Glukhov - PART II: NATIONAL TRADITIONS - Russian Charms in a Comparative Light; A.Toporkov - Slovenian Charms and Conjuring: Between South Slavic and Central European Tradition; M.Kropej - Finnish Snake Charms; H.IlomC$ki - Estonian Narrative Charms in European Context; J.Roper - Lithuanian and Latvian Charms: Searching for Parallels; D.Vaitkeviciene - Charms in Late Middle English Recipe Collections; L.Olsan - The Charms of the Biljana, a Bajalica (Conjurer) in Budisava, Serbia; M.Vivod - Verbal Charms in Malagasy Folktales; L.Haring - The Structure and Use of Charms in Georgia, The Caucasus; M.Tsiklauri - Malay Magic; K.O.Low

• ISBN: 978-0-230-55184-8
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 328
• Fecha Publicación: 24/10/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés