Literature, technology, and magical thinking, 1880-1920 /
Thurschwell examines the intersection of literary culture, the occult and new technology at the fin-de-sicle. Making unexpected connections between, for instance, speaking on the telephone and speaking to the dead, she examines how psychical research is reflected in the work of Henry James, George d...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2001
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Colección: | Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ;
32. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Thurschwell examines the intersection of literary culture, the occult and new technology at the fin-de-sicle. Making unexpected connections between, for instance, speaking on the telephone and speaking to the dead, she examines how psychical research is reflected in the work of Henry James, George du Maurier and Oscar Wilde among others |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 194 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-190) and index |
ISBN: | 9780511484537 0511484534 9780511041464 0511041462 9780511119378 0511119372 9780511327735 0511327730 9780511047657 0511047657 0511152973 9780511152979 |