{"product_id":"the-witch-of-edmonton-9780713642537","title":"The Witch of Edmonton","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is a historical phenomenon that while thousands of women were being\u003cbr\u003eburnt as witches in early modern Europe, the English - although there\u003cbr\u003ewere a few celebrated trials and executions, one of which the play\u003cbr\u003edramatises - were not widely infected by the witch-craze. The stage\u003cbr\u003eseems to have provided an outlet for anxieties about witchcraft, as\u003cbr\u003ewell as an opportunity for public analysis. The Witch of Edmonton\u003cbr\u003e(1621) manifests this fundamentally reasonable attitude, with Dekker\u003cbr\u003einsisting on justice for the poor and oppressed, Ford providing\u003cbr\u003epsychological character studies, and Rowley the clowning. The village\u003cbr\u003ecommunity of Edmonton feels threatened by two misfits, Old Mother\u003cbr\u003eSawyer, who has turned to the devil to aid her against her unfeeling\u003cbr\u003eneighbours, and Frank, who refuses to marry the woman of his father's\u003cbr\u003echoice and ends up murdering her. This edition shows how the play\u003cbr\u003egenerates sympathy for both and how contemporaries would have responded\u003cbr\u003eto its presentation of village life and witchcraft.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Ford, Thomas Dekker, William Rowley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e New Mermaids\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.76h x 5.10w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780713642537","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42706433900681,"sku":"9780713642537","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_a96a899c-6814-4df0-b8d5-b38d9b02a466.jpg?v=1719456821","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-witch-of-edmonton-9780713642537","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}