The sympathetic medium : feminine channeling, the occult, and communication technologies, 1859-1919...
The sympathetic medium : feminine channeling, the occult, and communication technologies, 1859-1919...
The sympathetic medium : feminine channeling, the occult, and communication technologies, 1859-1919 / Jill Galvan.
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Publisher
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2010.
Date
2010.
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N133.91082/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
viii, 216 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction: Tuning in to the female medium -- Sympathy and the spiriting of information In the cage -- Securing the line : automatism and cross-cultural encounters in late Victorian Gothic fiction -- Du Maurier's media : the phonographic unconscious on the cusp of the future -- Telltale typing, hy...
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Publisher
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2010.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2010.
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Summary
"The nineteenth century saw not only the emergence of the telegraph, the telephone, and the typewriter but also a fascination with seances and occult practices like automatic writing as a means for contacting the dead. Like the new technologies, modern spiritualism promised to link people separated by space or circumstance; and like them as well, i...
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The sympathetic medium : feminine channeling, the occult, and communication technologies, 1859-1919 / Jill Galvan.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N133.91082/1
Record Identifier
74Vvqa4lmA5A
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vvqa4lmA5A
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ISBN
0801448018 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780801448010 (cloth : alk. paper)
DDC
133.91082
MMS ID
991006225359702626
