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'hatcht up in villanie and witchcraft': fictional and historical recuperations of the witch child

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'hatcht up in villanie and witchcraft': fictional and historical recuperations of the witch child. / Buckley, Chloe Alexandra Germaine.
In: Preternature, Vol. 3, No. 1, 01.2014.

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Buckley, CAG 2014, ''hatcht up in villanie and witchcraft': fictional and historical recuperations of the witch child', Preternature, vol. 3, no. 1. <http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/preternature/v003/3.1.buckley.html>

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Buckley, C. A. G. (2014). 'hatcht up in villanie and witchcraft': fictional and historical recuperations of the witch child. Preternature, 3(1). http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/preternature/v003/3.1.buckley.html

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Buckley CAG. 'hatcht up in villanie and witchcraft': fictional and historical recuperations of the witch child. Preternature. 2014 Jan;3(1).

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Buckley, Chloe Alexandra Germaine. / 'hatcht up in villanie and witchcraft' : fictional and historical recuperations of the witch child. In: Preternature. 2014 ; Vol. 3, No. 1.

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