| The Victorian Supernatural Contributor(s): Bown, Nicola (Editor), Burdett, Carolyn (Editor), Thurschwell, Pamela (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521114640 ISBN-13: 9780521114646 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $46.54 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2009 Annotation: Essays by literary scholars, art historians and science historians explore the diversity of the Victorians' fascination with the supernatural. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 820.937 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Cultu |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6" W x 9" (0.97 lbs) 328 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This collection brings together essays by scholars from literature, history of art and history of science which explore the diversity of Victorian fascination with the supernatural: ghosts and fairies, table-rappings and telepathic encounters, occult religions and the idea of reincarnation, visions of the other world and a reality beyond the everyday. These essays demonstrate that the supernatural was not simply a reaction to the post-Darwinian loss of faith, but was embedded in virtually every aspect of Victorian culture. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bown, Nicola: - Nicola Bown teaches Victorian literature and art at Birkbeck College, University of London. She is the author of Fairies in Nineteenth-Century Art and Literature (Cambridge, 2001).Burdett, Carolyn: - Carolyn Burdett is Principal Lecturer in English at London Metropolitan University. She is the author of Olive Schreiner and the Progress of Feminism: Evolution, Gender, Empire (2000).Thurschwell, Pamela: - Pamela Thurschwell is a lecturer in English at University College London, She is the author of Literature, Technology and Magical Thinking 1880-1920 (2001) and Sigmund Freud (2000). |