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Ghost-seers, detectives, and spiritualists : theories of vision in Victorian literature and science /
"This is an original study of the narrative techniques that developed for two very popular forms of fiction in the nineteenth century - ghost stories and detective stories - and the surprising similarities between them in the context of contemporary theories of vision and sight. Srdjan Smajić...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2010.
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| Colección: | Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ;
71. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "This is an original study of the narrative techniques that developed for two very popular forms of fiction in the nineteenth century - ghost stories and detective stories - and the surprising similarities between them in the context of contemporary theories of vision and sight. Srdjan Smajić argues that to understand how writers represented ghost-seers and detectives, the views of contemporary scientists, philosophers, and spiritualists with which these writers engage have to be taken into account: these views raise questions such as whether seeing really is believing, how much of what we 'see' is actually only inferred, and whether there may be other (intuitive or spiritual) ways of seeing that enable us to perceive objects and beings inaccessible to the bodily senses. This book will make a real contribution to the understanding of Victorian science in culture, and of the ways in which literature draws on all kinds of knowledge"--Provided by publisher. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-255). |
| ISBN: | 9780511712739 0511712731 9780511714818 0511714815 1107204240 9781107204249 1283149583 9781283149587 0511713568 9780511713569 9786613149589 6613149586 0511716060 9780511716065 0511712014 9780511712012 0511722877 9780511722875 |