Romanticism Bewitched

Orianne Smith is Professor of English and Affiliate Professor of Gender and Women's Studies at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Her first book, Romantic Women Writers, Revolution and Prophecy: Rebellious Daughters, 1786 –1826 (2013, paperback 2015), also published in the Cambridge Studies in Romanticism series, received the British Association of Romantic Studies (BARS) Biennial First book Award in 2015.

• Introduction: witchcraft and revolution; Part I. Romanticism Bewitched: 1. Visualizing witchcraft; 2. Gothic witches; 3. Charlotte Smith and Maria Edgeworth: gender and black magic; 4. The Shelleys on history and the female demonic; Part II. Walter Scott Bewitched: 5. The Waverley Novels, demonology, and 'The Wizard of the North'; 6. Guy mannering: gender, magic, and translation; 7. Specimens of female enthusiasm and witchcraft: the antiquary, Ivanhoe, and the pirate; 8. The demonization of domesticity: Scott's The Bride of Lammermoor and Baillie's witchcraft; Bibliography; Index.

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