Cultural depictions of the Salem witch trials

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The cultural depictions of the Salem Witch court are abundant in art, literature and popular media in the United States, from the early 19th century to the present day. Literary and dramatic depictions are discussed in the mythology of Magic Myth in American Culture Marion Gibson (New York: Routledge, 2007) and also see Bernard Rosenthal's Salem Story: Reading the Trial of Witches in 1692

Salem's story stands out in many of the nineteenth-century publications on seventeenth-century colonial foundations in the United States. Illustrations continue to be widely reproduced in the publications of the 20th and 21st centuries, in many cases without accurate attribution or reference to the century in which illustrations were made. This gallery includes their quotes and names, where it is known, from the artists who created them. Check out Wikimedia Commons for more that may not be included here.

Video Cultural depictions of the Salem witch trials

19th and 20th century photographs of the 17th century building associated with the episode

Although some of the houses belonging to the participants in the Salem wizard trials are still standing, many of these buildings have been lost. This gallery includes photographs taken in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that preserve the visual notes of these houses.

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References and notes

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