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Victorian literary mesmerism /
Victorian Literary Mesmerism examines the engagement between literatureand mesmerism in Victorian writing. Drawing on recent trends ininterdisciplinary literary scholarship the essays collected here investigatethe complex connections between scientific mesmerism, its manifestationsin the Victorian s...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Amsterdam ; New York :
Rodopi,
2006.
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| Colección: | Costerus ;
new ser., v. 160. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Victorian Literary Mesmerism examines the engagement between literatureand mesmerism in Victorian writing. Drawing on recent trends ininterdisciplinary literary scholarship the essays collected here investigatethe complex connections between scientific mesmerism, its manifestationsin the Victorian social and cultural world, and the literary imagination. Here, for the first time, the varied themes and contexts shaped by mesmericpractices are brought together in one volume. Mesmerism's influence onphrenology, medicine and mental health; its interaction with the occult andwith communication techno. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (273 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-265) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781429468077 1429468076 9042020083 9789042020085 9789401203012 9401203016 |
| ISSN: | 0165-9618 ; |