Salem - A Literary Profile: Themes and Motifs in the Depiction of Colonial and Contemporary Salem in American Fiction by Petino, Clara

Salem - A Literary Profile: Themes and Motifs in the Depiction of Colonial and Contemporary Salem in American Fiction (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783631839959)

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Salem - A Literary Profile: Themes and Motifs in the Depiction of Colonial and Contemporary Salem in American Fiction by Petino, Clara

Salem - A Literary Profile: Themes and Motifs in the Depiction of Colonial and Contemporary Salem in American Fiction

$81.30
Salem - A Literary Profile: Themes and Motifs in the Depiction of Colonial and Contemporary Salem in American Fiction by Petino, Clara

Salem - A Literary Profile: Themes and Motifs in the Depiction of Colonial and Contemporary Salem in American Fiction

$81.30
Format: Hardcover
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This book attempts a profile of literary Salem by analyzing recurring themes and motifs such as real estate conflicts, the infamous afflicted girls, Salem's metaphorical significance in politics, the motif of ancestry tracing, the re-appropriation of the witch as a figure of female empowerment, and the fear of history repeating.



Author: Clara Petino
ISBN-10: 3631839952
ISBN-13: 9783631839959
Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
Language: English
Published: 05/12/2021
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.21lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.75d
By Clara Petino
By Clara Petino
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Clara Petino received her PhD in North American Studies from the University of Cologne and has taught American literature at Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf. She has conducted comparative research in 19th- and 20th-century literature and has published in Studies in the American Short Story and TOPUS: Space, Literature, and other Arts.

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