Raising Spirits: How a Conjuror's Tale Was Transmitted Across the Enlightenment

by Jonathan Barry

Despite supernatural scepticism, stories about spirits were regularly printed and shared throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. This case-study in the transmission of a single story (of a young gunsmith near Bristol conjuring spirits, leading to his early death) reveals both how and why successive generations found meaning in such accounts.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 113737893X
• ISBN13: 9781137378934
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"