A Delusion Of Satan
by Frances Hill
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Author: Frances HillEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1997-08-21
ISBN: 0306807971
Number of pages: 296
Publisher: Da Capo Press
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Book Review: An author with a more than obvious ulterior motive
Summary: 1 Stars
Francis Hill gives us a backlash attack on childhood incest and abuse in the guise of a book on the Salem Witch trials. She fails to stick to her stated topic and comes back again and again to her feebly argued case. She bases much of her analysis of the witch trials on guesswork that she calls common sense. She argues Tituba's morals are lax on the basis of the fact that Tituba was not a Puritan and not on any first hand accounts of her that have come down to us, for example. Her research is sparce, her thesis unproven. She fails to cite evidence for her claims.
The main thrust of this book, on the rare occasions the author stays to her stated thrust, is a psychological analysis of the persons involved in and events leading to the Salem witch craze. Not only is the author not a psychologist, psychoanalyst or psychologist, she fails to consult such an expert relying instead on supposition and hunches.
This book isn't worth reading.
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