The Dark Feminine: 20 Must-Read Tales of Witches and Black Magic
Twenty Gothic Tales of Witchcraft, Black Magic, and Female PowerBy Robert E. Howard, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Francis Marion Crawford, John R. Musick, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Wilhelm Meinhold, Marie Conway Oemler, Robert Louis Stevenson, Arthur Machen, John Buchan, William Harrison Ainsworth, Joanna E. Wood, Nathan Gallizier, Eliza Buckminster Lee, Mary Johnston, Zena A. Maher, S. R. Crockett, Stella Benson, Joseph Conrad, Elizabeth Gaskell
Length193h 53m
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The Dark Feminine: 20 Must-Read Tales of Witches and Black Magic surveys the enduring literary fascination with occult knowledge, feminine power, transgression, and fear. Moving across Gothic romance, supernatural horror, historical adventure, psychological fiction, and folklore-inflected tale, the volume traces how witchcraft becomes a language for anxieties about gender, authority, desire, inheritance, and the uncanny. Its selection juxtaposes atmospheric narratives of curses, séances, secret rites, and malign enchantment with subtler studies of social suspicion and moral ambiguity. Gathering writers associated with nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Gothicism, sensation fiction, imperial adventure, regional romance, and weird fiction, the anthology demonstrates the remarkable adaptability of the witch figure. These contributors write from differing national, cultural, and aesthetic positions, yet collectively illuminate the transition from Romantic and Victorian supernaturalism to modern occult horror. Women's voices complicate inherited stereotypes of the dangerous sorceress, while male-authored tales expose the fears and fantasies that made black magic such a potent cultural symbol. This is a rewarding volume for readers of Gothic literature, folklore, and the history of gendered representations of the supernatural. Its breadth invites comparison among contrasting styles and periods, offering both an accessible introduction and a fertile basis for deeper study. Read together, these tales create a compelling dialogue about power, belief, and the persistent shadow of the forbidden.
Audiobook details
GenreHorror, Fantasy
Length193 hrs 53 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 31, 2024
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Witch of Prague
2CHAPTER I
3CHAPTER III
4CHAPTER V
5CHAPTER VII
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6CHAPTER IX
7CHAPTER XI
8CHAPTER XIII
9CHAPTER XV[*]
10CHAPTER XVII
11CHAPTER XIX
12CHAPTER XXI
13CHAPTER XXIII
14CHAPTER XXV
15CHAPTER XXVII
16The Witch of Salem
17Preface
18Chapter I. The Man With the Book
19Chapter II. Pennsylvania
20Chapter III. The Indented Slave
21Chapter IV. Mr. Parris and Flock
22Chapter V. A Night With Witches1
23Chapter VI. The Charter Oak
24Chapter VII. Two Men Who Look Alike
25Chapter VIII. Moving Onward
26Chapter IX. Charles and Cora
27Chapter X. Charles and Mr. Parris
28Chapter XI. Adelpha Leisler
29Chapter XII. Leisler's Fate
30Chapter XIII. Credulity Run Mad
31Chapter XIV. The Fate of Goody Nurse
32Chapter XV. "Your Mother a Witch"
33Chapter XVI. Escape and Flight
34Chapter XVII. Out of the Frying Pan Into the Fire
35Chapter XVIII. Superstition Reigns
36Chapter XIX. The Woman in Black
37Chapter XX. Conclusion
38The House of the Seven Gables
39The House of the Seven Gables (Gothic Classic) - Illustrated Edition (pt. 1)
40The House of the Seven Gables (Gothic Classic) - Illustrated Edition (pt. 2)
41The House of the Seven Gables (Gothic Classic) - Illustrated Edition (pt. 3)
42The House of the Seven Gables (Gothic Classic) - Illustrated Edition (pt. 4)
43The House of the Seven Gables (Gothic Classic) - Illustrated Edition (pt. 5)
44Sidonia, the Sorceress
45Volume 1
46PREFACE
47BOOK I. (pt. 1)
48BOOK I. (pt. 2)
49BOOK I. (pt. 3)
50BOOK II. (pt. 1)
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