Possessed Victorians: Extra Spheres in Nineteenth-century Mystical WritingsAshgate Publishing, Ltd., 2006 - 169 стор. Drawing upon extensive archival work in the British Library, Sarah Willburn analyzes séance accounts, novels about mediumship, and metaphysical treatises to formulate a new conception of individualism that offers a fresh look at Victorian subjectivity. She presents the theories of compelling characters such as Newton Crosland and Lois Waisbrooker and provides exciting new readings of well-known texts by Charlotte Brontë, Eliot, Martineau, and Corelli. |
Зміст
Invisible Culture and Extra Spheres | 49 |
Conclusion | 88 |
Tables with Contents | 93 |
Rethinking Interiority through NineteenthCentury Trance Novels | 115 |
Bibliography | 153 |
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