Hardy online talk: Wessex Superstitions

Fascinated by folklore? Then join us for this illuminating online talk by Professor Owen Davies, in which he puts Hardy’s references to witchcraft and popular magic into historical context. Based on historical and folkloristic research, particularly with regards to Somerset and Dorset, Owen will explore the influence of cunning-folk and the fear of witches, as well as a range of other magical healers with whom Hardy would have been familiar.

Event Description

This talk goes beyond Hardy’s work, but there is a wealth of material to understand better the fictional world of folklore he created from the reality of the time.

You can book this online talk here, £5 per screen.

Professor Owen Davies 

Owen Davies is Professor of Social History at the University of Hertfordshire and the current President of the Folklore Society, which was founded in London in 1878. He has published numerous books and articles on the history of witchcraft, magic, ghosts, religion and folk medicine.

His forthcoming book published by Oxford University Press is entitled ‘Troubled by Faith: Insanity and the Supernatural in the Age of the Asylum’.

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Online

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Price

£5 per screen

Event Date:

8th September 2022 7pm

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