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A Fever in Salem

- A New Interpretation of the New England Witch Trials
Af: Laurie Winn Carlson Engelsk Paperback

A Fever in Salem

- A New Interpretation of the New England Witch Trials
Af: Laurie Winn Carlson Engelsk Paperback
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In the late winter and early spring of 1692, residents of Salem Village, Massachusetts, began to suffer from strange physical and mental maladies. The randomness of the victims, and unusual symptoms that were seldom duplicated, led residents to suspect an otherworldly menace. Their suspicions and fears eventually prompted the infamous Salem Witch Trials. While most historians have concentrated their efforts on the accused, Laurie Winn Carlson, A Fever in Salem focuses on the afflicted. What were the characteristics of a typical victim? Why did the symptoms occur when and where they did? What natural explanation could be given for symptoms that included hallucinations, convulsions, and psychosis, often resulting in death? Ms. Carlson offers an innovative, well-grounded explanation of witchcraft’s link to organic illness. Systematically comparing the symptoms recorded in colonial diaries and court records to those of the encephalitis epidemic in the early twentieth century, she argues convincingly that the victims suffered from the same disease, and she offers persuasive evidence for organic explanations of other witchcraft victims throughout New England as well as in Europe. A Fever in Salem is a provocative reinterpretation of one of America’s strangest moments, and a refreshing departure from widely accepted Freudian explanations of witchcraft persecution.
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In the late winter and early spring of 1692, residents of Salem Village, Massachusetts, began to suffer from strange physical and mental maladies. The randomness of the victims, and unusual symptoms that were seldom duplicated, led residents to suspect an otherworldly menace. Their suspicions and fears eventually prompted the infamous Salem Witch Trials. While most historians have concentrated their efforts on the accused, Laurie Winn Carlson, A Fever in Salem focuses on the afflicted. What were the characteristics of a typical victim? Why did the symptoms occur when and where they did? What natural explanation could be given for symptoms that included hallucinations, convulsions, and psychosis, often resulting in death? Ms. Carlson offers an innovative, well-grounded explanation of witchcraft’s link to organic illness. Systematically comparing the symptoms recorded in colonial diaries and court records to those of the encephalitis epidemic in the early twentieth century, she argues convincingly that the victims suffered from the same disease, and she offers persuasive evidence for organic explanations of other witchcraft victims throughout New England as well as in Europe. A Fever in Salem is a provocative reinterpretation of one of America’s strangest moments, and a refreshing departure from widely accepted Freudian explanations of witchcraft persecution.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 220
ISBN-13: 9781566633093
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1566633095
Kategori: Social- & Kulturhistorie
Udg. Dato: 21 aug 2000
Længde: 16mm
Bredde: 216mm
Højde: 137mm
Forlag: Ivan R Dee, Inc
Oplagsdato: 21 aug 2000
Forfatter(e): Laurie Winn Carlson
Forfatter(e) Laurie Winn Carlson

Kategori Social- & Kulturhistorie

ISBN-13 9781566633093

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 220

Udgave

Længde 16mm

Bredde 216mm

Højde 137mm

Udg. Dato 21 aug 2000

Oplagsdato 21 aug 2000

Forlag Ivan R Dee, Inc

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