Werewolf Histories - (Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic) by Willem de Blécourt (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Today, werewolves are primarily known through films: as humans who change into wolves under the influence of the full moon. Although this is a recent image, werewolves have a long, fragmented and discontinuous history. Werewolf Histories is the first academic book in English to address European werewolf history and folklore from antiquity to the twentieth century. On the basis of mostly new source material, varying from archaeological finds, demonological tracts, witchcraft trials, slander suits and nineteenth - and twentieth - century legends, its contributors cover the most important European werewolf territories, ranging from Scandinavia to Germany, France and Italy, and from Croatia to Estonia. Werewolf Histories calls for a more sophisticated, contextualised, and differentiated approach and hopes to be contagious enough to spawn more of its kind"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Today, werewolves are primarily known through films: as humans who change into wolves under the influence of the full moon. Although this is a recent image, werewolves have a long, fragmented and discontinuous history. Werewolf Histories is the first academic book in English to address European werewolf history and folklore from antiquity to the twentieth century. On the basis of mostly new source material, varying from archaeological finds, demonological tracts, witchcraft trials, slander suits and nineteenth - and twentieth - century legends, its contributors cover the most important European werewolf territories, ranging from Scandinavia to Germany, France and Italy, and from Croatia to Estonia. Werewolf Histories calls for a more sophisticated, contextualised, and differentiated approach and hopes to be contagious enough to spawn more of its kind.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"Werewolf Histories is a fascinating look at the diversity of beliefs about werewolves, and a valuable reminder of the different contexts in which these beliefs occur. ... Werewolf Histories is packed with fascinating analysis of an under-examined piece of folklore. It's particularly compelling because of the way in which it looks at the phenomenon of werewolf belief from several different scholarly perspectives." (James Holloway, Fortean Times, Vol. 335, December, 2015)</p><p>'The volume's aims, as outlined in de Blécourt's introductory essay, are met by the essays collected, particularly the stated intention to mark a 'transition from popular werewolf publications to academic historical perspectives'. The clear and nuanced historical perspectives presented certainly set the volume apart from the putative 'werewolf history' presented in the popular publications that are commonly cited in studies of contemporary literary and cinematic werewolves.' Hannah Priest, Swansea University, UK</p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Johannes Dillinger, Oxford Brookes University, UK Matteo Duni, Syracuse University in Florence, Italy Richard L. Gordon, University of Erfurt, Germany Merili Metsvahi, University of Tartu, Estonia Maja Pasari?, Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research, Croatia Aleks Pluskowski, University of Reading, UK Rolf Schulte, University of Kiel, Germany Michèle Simonsen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Christa Agnes Tuczay, University of Vienna, Austria Rita Voltmer, University of Trier, Germany
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