Literature, Technology and Magical Thinking, 1880-1920 (Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture) [Hardcover]

Pamela Thurschwell (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0521801680 | ISBN-13: 978-0521801683 | Publication Date: July 16, 2001

Thurschwell examines the intersection of literary culture, the occult and new technology at the fin-de-siècle. 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.

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"Thurschwell has written an original, important exploration..." English Literature in Transition, 1880-1920

Book Description

Thurschwell examines the intersection of literary culture, the occult and new technology at the fin-de-siècle. 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.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 208 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press (July 16, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521801680
• ISBN-13: 978-0521801683
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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