{"product_id":"midden-witch","title":"Midden Witch","description":"DESCRIPTION : \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe thrilling story of the healers, artists and prodigies once persecuted as witches – from the three-time T.S. Eliot Prize-shortlisted poet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePOETRY BOOK SOCIETY CHOICE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn her thrilling fourth collection, \u003ci\u003eMidden Witch\u003c\/i\u003e, Fiona Benson enters the world of familiars, fables and hedge-magic and focuses on the persistent superstition – the fear and false knowledge – that was witchcraft.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTelling tales of imagined transformations and spell-casting, these poems present a litany of artists, dreamers and outcasts and a study of their ostracisation. The poet looks at how gifted, sometimes troubled, individuals – generally healers, artists, prodigies and almost always women – became scapegoats, victims of societal paranoia and persecution, and were hounded for centuries, often to a gratuitously violent public execution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMidden Witch\u003c\/i\u003e, these women speak back to us with dark humour, insight and real herbal knowledge. Reckoning with middle age, marginalisation, perimenopause and a steady, unstoppable vanishing, this troubled codex of remedies, spells and stories speaks to human fear in the face of the unknown, and a drive to protect our loved ones that transcends all rational thought. At play in the language of archival accounts of witchcraft, this is a dark, eclectic spell-book that witnesses the end-days of magic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Benson is one of the finest English poets writing today’ Blake Morrison\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘No one writes the way Fiona Benson does. No one is as raging, as fearless’ Daisy Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new collection of Benson’s wise and vivid work is a real occasion... exciting...fully inhabited and multi-faceted’ \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePRODUCT DETAILS : \u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003eISBN : 9781787335240 \u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003eBY (AUTHOR) Benson, Fiona \u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePUBLISHER : Vintage Publishing  \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePUBLICATION DATE : May 01, 2025 \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCOUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United Kingdom \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eIMPRINT : Jonathan Cape \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLANGUAGE : English \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAGE : General \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003ePRODUCT FORM : Paperback \/ softback \u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003eDIMENSION : 198 mm x 131 mm \u003cbr\u003eWEIGHT : 118 g \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePRODUCT CATEGORY :\u003cbr\u003e    \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookazine-hong-kong.myshopify.com\/collections\/Biography-Literature-Literary-studies\"\u003eBiography, Literature \u0026amp; Literary studies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookazine-hong-kong.myshopify.com\/collections\/Health-Relationships-Personal-development\"\u003eHealth, Relationships \u0026amp; Personal development\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookazine-hong-kong.myshopify.com\/collections\/Society-Social-Sciences\"\u003eSociety \u0026amp; Social Sciences\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Benson, Fiona","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50009152553237,"sku":"9781787335240","price":182.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0272\/7087\/3174\/files\/9781787335240.jpg?v=1783091507","url":"https:\/\/bookazine.com.hk\/products\/midden-witch","provider":"Bookazine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}