The sympathetic medium : feminine channeling, the occult, and communication technologies, 1859-1919 /

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"The nineteenth century saw not only the emergence of the telegraph, the telephone, and the typewriter but also a fascination with seances and occult practices like automatic writing as a means for contacting the dead. Like the new technologies, modern spiritualism promised to link people separ...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Galvan, Jill Nicole, 1971-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2010.
Temas:
1800-1899
Channeling (Spiritualism) > History > 19th century.
Women mediums > History > 19th century.
Communication > Technological innovations > History > 19th century.
Spiritualism in literature.
Mediums in literature.
Communication in literature.
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Médiumnité > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Femmes médiums > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Spiritisme dans la littérature.
Médiums dans la littérature.
Communication dans la littérature.
Littérature américaine > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature anglaise > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Technologies de l'information et de la communication > Histoire > 19e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
American literature
Channeling (Spiritualism)
Communication in literature
Communication > Technological innovations
English literature
Mediums in literature
Spiritualism in literature
Women mediums
Kommunikative Kompetenz
Medium
Parapsychologie
Frau
Kommunikationstechnik
Occultisme.
Vrouwen.
Telefonie.
Großbritannien
USA
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Tuning in to the female medium
  • Sympathy and the spiriting of information In the cage
  • Securing the line : automatism and cross-cultural encounters in late Victorian Gothic fiction
  • Du Maurier's media : the phonographic unconscious on the cusp of the future
  • Telltale typing, hysterical channeling : the medium as detective device
  • Literary transmission and male mediation.

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