Modern enchantments : the cultural power of secular magic /

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"Magic, Simon During suggests, has helped shape modern culture. Devoted to this deceptively simple proposition, During's superlative work, written over the course of a decade, gets at the aesthetic questions at the very heart of the study of culture. How do the arts of illusion and enterta...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: During, Simon, 1950-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2002.
Subjects:
Magic tricks > History.
Magicians > History.
Prestidigitation > Histoire.
24.23 cabaret and revue.
24.32 history of film art.
GAMES > Magic.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Semiotics & Theory.
Magic tricks
Magicians
Magie
Magier
Goochelen.
Visuele illusies.
Filmkunst.
Prestidigitation > États-Unis > Histoire.
Tours d'adresse > États-Unis > Histoire.
Spectacles et divertissements > États-Unis > Histoire.
Culture populaire > États-Unis > Histoire.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Magic History: An Introduction
  • 2. Enchantment and Loss: Theorizing Secular Magic
  • 3. Egg-Bag Tricks and Electricity: The Founding of Modern Commercial Conjuring
  • 4. Magic's Moment: The Illusion Business
  • 5. From Magic to Film
  • 6. Magic and Literature
  • 7. Magic Places: The Lyceum and the Great Room, Spring Gardens
  • 8. Spiritualism and the Birth of Optical Technologies.

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