Author: Author of My confessionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Zillah, The Child Medium
Author: Author of My confessionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Necro Citizenship
Author: Russ CastronovoPublisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822327721
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
DIVArgues that the category of death was a central part of the concept of citizenship in the nineteenth-century U.S., and that the particular form of that construction functioned to naturalize white males as ideal citizens./div
Class List for English Prose Fiction
Author: Boston Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Spiritualism and Women's Writing
Author: T. KontouPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230240798
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Using a wide range of unexplored archival material, this book examines the 'spectral' influence of Victorian spiritualism and Psychical Research on women's writing, analyzing the ways in which modern writers have both subverted and mimicked nineteenth century sources in their evocation of the séance.
Class List for English Prose Fiction, Including Translations and Juvenile Books, with Notes for Readers, Intended to Point Out for Parallel Reading the Historical Sources of Works of Fiction
Author: Boston Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Possessed Victorians
Author: Sarah A. WillburnPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351909762
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
In her absorbing study of nineteenth-century mystical writings, Sarah Willburn formulates a new conception of individualism that offers a fresh look at Victorian subjectivity. Drawing upon extensive archival work in the British Library, Willburn analyzes séance accounts, novels about mediumship, and metaphysical treatises to make important connections between contemporary writings on mysticism and fictional works. Willburn presents the theories of compelling characters such as Newton Crosland and Lois Waisbrooker and provides exciting new readings of well-known texts by Charlotte Brontë, Eliot, Martineau, and Corelli. An understanding of the Victorian fascination with mysticism, Willburn argues, leads to a better appreciation of cultural constructions of the citizen in England and of the public sphere. She introduces two key concepts against the backdrop of popular mysticism: "possessed individualism," a model for Victorian individualism based on spiritual possession, and "extra spheres," which complicate the traditional binary opposition of public and private. Together, these formulations urge us to rethink our views of Victorian political economy and gender as they pertain to mystical and religious practices.
British Museum Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: Consulting Spirits
Author: Joel BjorlingPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313387648
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Throughout history, people have been intrigued with spirits, angels, or devas as sources of wisdom and guidance. They are not only interesting as those who possess an insight into events and circumstances, but also as proof of life after death. In this clear and useful reference guide, Bjorling presents a listing of the literature on the various ways in which people of different cultures have consulted spirits—through shamans and oracles, magic, mediums, Voodoo, and psychics. Each chapter contains a general introduction to the respective topic as well as a listing of pertinent books, articles, and dissertations. His survey also includes early spirit contacts in Africa, Latin America, and Asia.
Catalogue of the Mercantile Library of Baltimore, 1858
Author: Catalogue of the Public Library of Haverhill
Author: Haverhill Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dictionary catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1056
Book Description