{"title":"Katherine Storm Hindley","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKatherine Storm Hindley\u003c\/strong\u003e explores the intricate relationship between language and creativity, inviting readers to uncover the \u003cem\u003emagical qualities\u003c\/em\u003e inherent in text. Her works delve into how words shape our perception of art and culture, offering fresh perspectives on communication and meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in the world of \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e, Hindley's writing challenges conventional boundaries and celebrates the transformative power of literary expression. Her thoughtful and engaging style makes her books essential for anyone interested in the subtle alchemy of language.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"textual-magic-by-katherine-storm-hindley-9780226825335","title":"Textual Magic","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn expansive consideration of charms as a deeply integrated aspect of the English Middle Ages.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKatherine Storm Hindley explores words at their most powerful: words that people expected would physically change the world. Medieval Europeans often resorted to the use of spoken or written charms to ensure health or fend off danger.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHindley draws on an unprecedented archive, based on her own extensive research, composing an original sampling of more than a thousand such charms from medieval England—more than twice the number gathered, transcribed, and edited in previous studies, and including many texts still unknown to specialists on this topic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFocusing on charms from the so-called fallow period (1100–1350 CE) of English history, and on previously unstudied texts in Latin, Anglo-Norman, French, and English, she addresses important questions of how people thought about language, belief, and power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShe describes 700 years of dynamic, shifting cultural landscapes, where multiple languages, invented alphabets, and modes of transmission gained and lost their protective and healing power. Where previous scholarship has bemoaned a lack of continuity in the English charms, Hindley finds surprising links between languages and eras, all without losing sight of the extraordinary variety of the medieval charm tradition: a continuous, deeply rooted part of the English Middle Ages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTextual Magic\u003c\/em\u003e provides a compelling exploration of this enduring tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47428177232108,"sku":"9780226825335","price":85.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780226825335.jpg?v=1774767022"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/katherine-storm-hindley.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}