Thorn Wilde Posted September 17, 2013 Posted September 17, 2013 I bought this book after seeing a documentary about witch hunts where it was mentioned that this "work" shaped the way we looked at women for hundreds of years to come. Is it Malleus Maleficarum? 1
Sympathia Posted September 17, 2013 Posted September 17, 2013 Yep! The witch hammer It's an "entertaining" book, if slightly disturbing. I recommend it.
Thorn Wilde Posted September 17, 2013 Posted September 17, 2013 All right, then. Someone must have slandered Josef K, for one morning, without having done anything wrong, he was arrested.
Zombie Posted September 17, 2013 Posted September 17, 2013 (edited) I bought this book after seeing a documentary about witch hunts where it was mentioned that this "work" shaped the way we looked at women for hundreds of years to come. It's an interesting subject. As usual all fingers point to the church. Britain had laws against witches and witchcraft for over 400 years from 1542 until 1951. The last women to be tried for witchcraft were Helen Duncan and Jane Yorke in 1944 who were convicted under the Witchcraft Act 1735 for the "pretence" of witchcraft [Duncan was sent to prison]. . Edited September 17, 2013 by Zombie
Sympathia Posted September 17, 2013 Posted September 17, 2013 There's also an absurd amount of documented witch trials in France. Seems it was kind of popular to accuse people you didnt like 1
Thorn Wilde Posted September 17, 2013 Posted September 17, 2013 I learnt about the Witch Hammer from the rock opera Which Which
Thorn Wilde Posted September 20, 2013 Posted September 20, 2013 Reposting my quote, seems like it got a little bit lost in the witch hammer posts... Someone must have slandered Josef K, for one morning, without having done anything wrong, he was arrested.
Red_A Posted September 26, 2013 Posted September 26, 2013 (edited) Franz Kafka, it has got to be, but which book? I have only read parts in German, so it is a Punt Der Process (The Trial) I am a bit worried that Paya has not come in Edited September 26, 2013 by Red_A
Thorn Wilde Posted September 26, 2013 Posted September 26, 2013 Franz Kafka, it has got to be, but which book? I have only read parts in German, so it is a Punt Der Process (The Trial) I am a bit worried that Paya has not come in You are correct! It is the opening line of The Trial.
thebrinkoftime Posted September 27, 2013 Posted September 27, 2013 That would have fit better in the Classics thread, since no one is giving the next question for that lately. *ahem* *thunder and lightning* Thorn Wilde, I command you to go into the Classics thread and do that again (just with another classic). *scoots off in his motor cloud to go off to eat cookies*
Thorn Wilde Posted September 27, 2013 Posted September 27, 2013 That would have fit better in the Classics thread, since no one is giving the next question for that lately. *ahem* *thunder and lightning* Thorn Wilde, I command you to go into the Classics thread and do that again (just with another classic). *scoots off in his motor cloud to go off to eat cookies* The problem is that my knowledge of classics is... limited. With a very few exceptions, most of the stuff I know is (sometimes fairly obscure) science fiction.
thebrinkoftime Posted September 27, 2013 Posted September 27, 2013 Come now, you know Kafka and I'm certain you know one very popular and influential turn of the century gay author well enough to give us a quote. Now get to it!
Red_A Posted September 27, 2013 Posted September 27, 2013 "My pen falters, then falls from my knuckly grip, leaving a worm’s trail of ink across Fedwren’s paper." I think this is obscure, mainly because I read one of the author's books and gave up in horror. But it is fanatasy not science fiction!
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