Witch Reoch and ‘She had No Power of Her Tongue’: Re-writing the Trial of Elspeth Reoch
This thesis utilises a creative practice as research methodology to explore the testimony of a historical figure, Elspeth Reoch, an accused witch tried in Orkney, Scotland, in the year 1616. The exegesis consists of a close reading of Elspeth’s trial document that searches for her voice. This resear...
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| author | Angus, Ashleigh |
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| description | This thesis utilises a creative practice as research methodology to explore the testimony of a historical figure, Elspeth Reoch, an accused witch tried in Orkney, Scotland, in the year 1616. The exegesis consists of a close reading of Elspeth’s trial document that searches for her voice. This research informed a work of historiographic metafiction which considers the problems of retrieving Elspeth’s past. |
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| institution | Curtin University Malaysia |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-830052023-03-24T02:29:00Z Witch Reoch and ‘She had No Power of Her Tongue’: Re-writing the Trial of Elspeth Reoch Angus, Ashleigh This thesis utilises a creative practice as research methodology to explore the testimony of a historical figure, Elspeth Reoch, an accused witch tried in Orkney, Scotland, in the year 1616. The exegesis consists of a close reading of Elspeth’s trial document that searches for her voice. This research informed a work of historiographic metafiction which considers the problems of retrieving Elspeth’s past. 2020 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/83005 Curtin University fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Angus, Ashleigh Witch Reoch and ‘She had No Power of Her Tongue’: Re-writing the Trial of Elspeth Reoch |
| title | Witch Reoch and ‘She had No Power of Her Tongue’: Re-writing the Trial of Elspeth Reoch |
| title_full | Witch Reoch and ‘She had No Power of Her Tongue’: Re-writing the Trial of Elspeth Reoch |
| title_fullStr | Witch Reoch and ‘She had No Power of Her Tongue’: Re-writing the Trial of Elspeth Reoch |
| title_full_unstemmed | Witch Reoch and ‘She had No Power of Her Tongue’: Re-writing the Trial of Elspeth Reoch |
| title_short | Witch Reoch and ‘She had No Power of Her Tongue’: Re-writing the Trial of Elspeth Reoch |
| title_sort | witch reoch and ‘she had no power of her tongue’: re-writing the trial of elspeth reoch |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/83005 |