Transatlantic spiritualism and nineteenth-century American literature

Transatlantic spiritualism and nineteenth-century American literature / Bridget Bennett.

Why did so many Americans visit and write about, seances? What are the connections between the 'emergence' of spiritualism in 1848 and earlier kinds of supernatural phenomena? This book asks about the cultural and political meanings of spiritualism in the 19th century United States. In ord...

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Main Author: Bennett, Bridget (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Spiritualism in literature.
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Spiritualism > United States > History > 19th century.
Literature and spiritualism > United States > History > 19th century.
Occultism in literature.
American literature
Literature and spiritualism
Occultism in literature
Spiritualism
Spiritualism in literature
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • The Apparitional Past
  • Crossing Over: The Spiritualist Atlantic
  • Revolutionary Spirits: The Persistence of the Occult
  • Sacred Theatres: The Spiritist Performances of Shakerism in the 1830s and 1840s
  • Spirited Away: The Death of Little Eva and the Farewell Performances of Katie King
  • "There Is No Death": Spiritualism and the Civil War
  • The Afterlife of Spiritualism.

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