Literature, Technology and Magical Thinking, 1880-1920

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.

Author: Pamela Thurschwell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 11/10/2005
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.48d
ISBN: 9780521022439

About the Author
Thurschwell, Pamela: - Pamela Thurschwell is a lecturer in twentieth century literature at University College London.

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