| Mesmerism and Hawthorne: Mediums of American Romance Contributor(s): Coale, Samuel Chase (Author) |
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ISBN: 0817308962 ISBN-13: 9780817308964 Publisher: University of Alabama Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 1998 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General |
| Dewey: 813.3 |
| LCCN: 97-10044 |
| Lexile Measure: 1550 |
| Series: Appalachian Echoes |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.28" W x 9.39" (1.13 lbs) 197 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The author explores the profound influence the mesmerist and spiritualist craze of the 1840s and 1850s had on Hawthorne's artistic vision and fictional techniques. Despite abhorring the pseudosciences as incarnations of witchcraft, their effect on the creation of his romances can be traced. |