The Victorian Supernatural

Bys: Pamela Thurschwell, Nicola Bown, Carolyn Burdett

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521114640
• ISBN13: 9780521114646
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"