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Exorcism and Its Texts: Subjectivity in Early Modern Literature of England and Spain
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The Catholic Historical Review
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July 1, 2005
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Exorcism and Its Texts: Subjectivity in Early Modern Literature of England and Spain. By Hilaire Kallendorf. (Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 2003. Pp. xxi, 327. $65.00.)
Over the last two decades there has been an explosion of scholarly research and publication on witchcraft, a process which has engendered interest on a number of related historical issues. Among the most important of which are the related phenomena of demonic possession and exorcism. Hilaire Kallendorf's Exorcism and Its Texts is, therefore, a timely addition to our knowledge on what is a growing area of study among both historians and literary scholars.
Although aware of some of the wider recent historical writing ...
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