The Victorian Supernatural

This collection brings together essays by scholars from literature, history of art and history of science which explore the diversity of Victorian fascination with the supernatural: ghosts and fairies, table-rappings and telepathic encounters, occult religions and the idea of reincarnation, visions of the other world and a reality beyond the everyday. These essays demonstrate that the supernatural was not simply a reaction to the post-Darwinian loss of faith, but was embedded in virtually every aspect of Victorian culture.

Author: Nicola Bown
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 03/15/2004
Pages: 328
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.43lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.88d
ISBN: 9780521810159

Review Citation(s):
Choice 11/01/2004 pg. 488

About the Author
Bown, Nicola: - Nicola Bown teaches Victorian literature and art at Birkbeck College, University of London. She is the author of Fairies in Nineteenth-Century Art and Literature (Cambridge, 2001).Burdett, Carolyn: - Carolyn Burdett is Principal Lecturer in English at London Metropolitan University. She is the author of Olive Schreiner and the Progress of Feminism: Evolution, Gender, Empire (2000).Burdett, Carolyn: - Carolyn Burdett is Principal Lecturer in English at London Metropolitan University. She is the author of Olive Schreiner and the Progress of Feminism: Evolution, Gender, Empire (2000).
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