The Witch and the Hysteric: The Monstrous Medieval in Benjamin Christensen's Häxan

Benjamin Christensen’s 1922 Swedish/Danish film Häxan (known under its English title as Witchcraft Through the Ages) has entranced, entertained, shocked, and puzzled audiences for nearly a century. The film mixes documentary with fantasy, history with theatrics, religion and science, the medieval pa...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Doty, Alexander, Ingham, Patricia Clare
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	punctum books 2021
Subjects:	film medieval studies horror cultural studies witchcraft thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATF Films, cinema::ATFA Film history, theory or criticism
Online Access:	1004549
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