The Witch Grafius Hardback Liverpool University Press 9781800348356

The WitchAuthor(s): Brandon Grafius\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Liverpool University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Liverpool University Press\nISBN-13: 9781800348356, 978-1800348356\nSynopsis\nRobert Eggers' The Witch [tel] is one of the most critically \nacclaimed horror films of recent years, praised as a genre film of \nunusual depth which eschews jump scares in favour of a gradually and \nsteadily building tension. Set in newly colonized New England in the \nearly seventeenth century, the films deep historical and mythological \nbackground, as well as its complicated and interlocking character arcs, \nmake for a film whose viewers will be well served by this Devils \nAdvocate, the first stand-alone critical study of the film. As well as \nproviding the historical and religious background necessary for a fuller\n appreciation, including an insight into the Puritan movement in New \nEngland Brandon Grafius situates the film within a number of horror \nsub-genres (such as folk h.