Realizing the Witch: Science, Cinema, and the Mastery of the Invisible

by Todd Meyers and Richard Baxstrom

Book Overview

Benjamin Christensen's H xan (The Witch, 1922) stands as a singular film within the history of cinema. Deftly weaving contemporary scientific analysis and powerfully staged historical scenes of satanic initiation, confession under torture, possession, and persecution, H xan creatively blends spectacle and argument to provoke a humanist re-evaluation of witchcraft in European history as well as the contemporary treatment of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082326825X
• ISBN13: 9780823268252
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"