Ghost-Seers, Detectives, and Spiritualists: Theories of Vision in Victorian Literature and Science

by Srdjan Smajic

Book Overview

This is an original study of the narrative techniques that developed for two very popular forms of fiction in the nineteenth century - ghost stories and detective stories - and the surprising similarities between them in the context of contemporary theories of vision and sight. Srdjan Smajic argues that to understand how writers represented ghost-seers and detectives, the views of contemporary scientists, philosophers, and spiritualists with which...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521191882
• ISBN13: 9780521191883
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"