Witchcraft and the Somerset idyll : The depiction of folk belief in Walter Raymond’s novels

Binding C. J.; Blum Jerome; Boatright M. C.; C. D. B.; Clark Evelyn V.; Irving H. B.; Lawrence Berta; Owen Davies; Parsons Coleman O.; Simon White; ‘Taunton Belgian Relief Lecture’; ‘The Author Who Avoids the Cities’; ‘Witchcraft in Somerset’

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Witchcraft and the Somerset idyll : The depiction of folk belief in Walter Raymond’s novels

Authors: Binding C. J.
Blum Jerome
Boatright M. C.
C. D. B.
Clark Evelyn V.
Irving H. B.
Lawrence Berta
Owen Davies
Parsons Coleman O.
Simon White
‘Taunton Belgian Relief Lecture’
‘The Author Who Avoids the Cities’
‘Witchcraft in Somerset’
Publication date: 1 January 2014
Publisher: 'Informa UK Limited'
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Abstract

The work of Walter Raymond (1852-1931) is now largely forgotten. Yet his Somerset novels, complemented by his ethnographic writings, contain depictions of local witchcraft belief that are worthy of study in literary and historical contexts. They raise issues regarding the fictional depiction of rural life and tradition, and the value of fiction as a folkloric and historical sourcePeer reviewe