Spirits, Seers & Séances
Victorian Spiritualism, Magic & the Supernatural
$44.99
- Paperback
226 pages
- Release Date
8 September 2023
Summary
Spiritualism in the Age of Sherlock Holmes and Edgar Allan Poe
A woman wearing a black veil convenes a séance. A magician puts a volunteer into a trance. A fortune-teller leans over a crystal ball. Everyone knows what Victorian mysticism looks like because our modern imagery, language, and practice of magic borrows heavily from the Victorians. But we have little understanding of its spiritual, cultural, and historical foundations.
What made the Victorians turn to mediumship,…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780738774619 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0738774618 |
| Author: | Steele Alexandra Douris |
| Publisher: | Llewellyn Publications,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Llewellyn Publications,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 226 |
| Release Date: | 8 September 2023 |
| Weight: | 249g |
| Dimensions: | 14mm x 133mm x 203mm |
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Steele Alexandra Douris
Steele Alexandra Douris is an author, artist, and Victorianist, specializing in Victorian spiritualism, crime fiction, and the gothic novel. She is a PhD candidate in the English department at Stanford University, where she has taught courses on 19th-century spiritualism and ghost stories. She holds an MA in English from Stanford University and a BA in anthropology from the University of Texas at Austin.
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