Carol F. Karlsen
Autore di The Devil in the Shape of a Woman: Witchcraft in Colonial New England
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Fonte dell'immagine: University of Michigan
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The editors made the choice to retain most of Esther's nonstandard and archaic spellings, which makes for choppy reading at times. But once you get accustomed to her style and the topics she writes Sarah Prince about (commentary on mutual friends and presbytery business sprinkled in with spiritual reflections, updates on the family, and fears about the French and Indian War being waged at no great distance away), it's quite enjoyable and interesting reading. It's sweet to see how "Burrissa" and "Fidelia" cared for and exhorted one another, and there are hints of their inside jokes. The appended letters she wrote following her husband's death, as well as the letter she would have never read from Sarah Edwards regarding Jonathan's death, and Sarah Prince's closing eulogy, are all very affecting.
I'd really be interested in working on an updated language edition of this for a popular audience, but I'm not sure where to start.… (altro)