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Haunted visions : spiritualism and American art /

Spiritualism emerged in western New York in 1848 and soon achieved a wide following due to its claim that the living could commune with the dead. In Haunted Visions: Spiritualism and American Art, Charles Colbert focuses on the ways Spiritualism imbued the making and viewing of art with religious me...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Colbert, Charles, 1946-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2011.
Edición:1st ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Introduction: The History and Teachings of Spiritualism
  • Chapter 1. Who Speaks for the Dead?
  • Chapter 2. Reenchanting America
  • Chapter 3. Revelations by Daylight
  • Chapter 4. Ghostly Gloamings
  • Chapter 5. Land of Promise
  • Chapter 6. Romantic Conjurations
  • Chapter 7. The Critic as Psychic
  • Chapter 8. Lessons in Clairvoyance
  • Postscript
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments