Charms, Charmers and Charming

Charms, Charmers and Charming
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Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Total Pages : 294
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ISBN-10 : 1349362506
ISBN-13 : 9781349362509
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Book Synopsis Charms, Charmers and Charming by : J. Roper

Download or read book Charms, Charmers and Charming written by J. Roper and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together many of today's key scholars of verbal charming, these essays cover vernacular magical texts and practice from Malaysia to Madagascar, and from England to Estonia. As the most comprehensive collection of research on charms, charmers and charming available in the English language, it forms an essential reader on the topic.


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