The notion that witchcraft faded away with the onset of the scientific revolution is entirely mistaken. Sir Walter Scott wrote this volume for his son-in-law & biographer J. G. Lockhart. It stands in the grand tradition of writing on witchcraft & suggests that magic was alive & well in 19th-century Scotland, as contemporary newspaper reports confirm. Carefully researched, alive with stories drawn from his own & contemporaries' experience, & ranging in subject matter from ghosts & fairies to witches & astrologers, the ÔLetters' inform, enliven, & entertain as they try to wed 19th-century skepticism with evidence which contradicts it. Letters has been a major source of reference ever since it was published.

Mídia	Livros Paperback Book (Livro de capa flexível e brochura)
Lançado	10 de maio de 2018
ISBN13	9781718888128
Editoras	Createspace Independent Publishing Platf
Páginas	254
Dimensões	152 × 229 × 13 mm · 344 g
Idioma	English

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