Dramatizing Deviance: Sociological Theory and The Witch of Edmonton.

The author presents a criticism for the British playwrights Thomas Dekker, John Ford, and Thomas Rowley for writing a theatrical adaptation of the 1621 witch trial of Edmonton resident Elizabeth Sawyer. The play "The Witch of Edmonton" depicts a compassion for Sawyer. It strives to inspire some symp...

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Publicado en:Criticism Vol. 49; no. 3; pp. 327 - 376
Autor principal: Garrett, Julia M.
Formato: Literary Criticism
Publicado: Wayne State University Press Summer2007
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        Dekker, Thomas, ca. 1572-1632
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        Chatterton, Thomas, 1752-1770
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