| Literature, Technology and Magical Thinking, 1880 1920 Contributor(s): Thurschwell, Pamela (Author), Beer, Gillian (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521022436 ISBN-13: 9780521022439 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $46.54 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2005 Annotation: Thurschwell examines the intersection of literary culture, the occult and new technology at the fin-de-siecle. She argues that as new technologies, such as the telegraph and the telephone, began suffusing the public imagination from the mid-nineteenth century on, they seemed to support the claims of spiritualist mediums. Making unexpected connections between, for instance, speaking on the telephone and speaking to the dead, she examines how psychical research is reflected in the work of Henry James, George DuMaurier and Oscar Wilde among others. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 820.937 |
| Lexile Measure: 1590 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Cultu |
| Physical Information: 0.48" H x 6" W x 9" (0.69 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
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| Publisher Description: Thurschwell examines the intersection of literary culture, the occult and new technology at the fin-de-si cle. She argues that as new technologies, such as the telegraph and the telephone, began suffusing the public imagination from the mid-nineteenth century on, they seemed to support the claims of spiritualist mediums. Making unexpected connections between, for instance, speaking on the telephone and speaking to the dead, she examines how psychical research is reflected in the work of Henry James, George DuMaurier and Oscar Wilde among others. |
Contributor Bio(s): Thurschwell, Pamela: - Pamela Thurschwell is a lecturer in twentieth century literature at University College London. |