Witches - Hardcover

Jong, Erica

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0810917653 ISBN 13: 9780810917651

Publisher: Harry N Abrams Inc, 1981

Synopsis

Best-selling author Erica Jong here turns her attention to the fantastical and factual world of witchcraft. She explores the figure of the witch both as historical reality and as archetype - as Halloween hag and full-breasted seductress, as a lingering vestige of a primeval religion and a projection of fear of the unknown. Now, more than a decade after its original publication, Jong has added a new introduction to Witches, emphasizing the relevance and continued popularity of this beguiling topic.

About this title

About the Author:

Erica Jong is the author of the novels Fear of Flying, Shylock's Daughter, Inventing Memory, and Sappho's Leap. She has also written six volumes of poetry and a number of nonfiction works, including the memoir Fear of Fifty. Joseph A. Smith, a painter and sculptor, is a professor of fine arts at Pratt Institute in New York City.

Review:

""Nothing less than a complete transformation of our concept of withces--from loathsome hag to healing mother goddess--is what long accomplishes with panache in this sumptuousily and provacatively illustrated book."

About this edition

• Publisher: Harry N Abrams Inc
• Publication date: 1981
• ISBN 10: 0810917653
• ISBN 13: 9780810917651
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 176