Polish Witchcraft Revealed

Małgorzata Nowak

Faculty of Polish and Classic Philology. Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7923-6793


Abstract

The article proposes a review of Michael Ostling's book Between the Devil and the Host. Imagining Witchcraft in Early Modern Poland concerning literary and translation studies. In the author's opinion, the presented monograph, due to its cognitive and comparative merits, is valuable not only for historians, but also for interdisciplinary scholars from the field of humanities.

Keywords:

witchcraft, witches, literary studies, translation studies, the devil

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Published
2024-08-15



Małgorzata Nowak 
Faculty of Polish and Classic Philology. Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7923-6793



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