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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450930303321

Autore

Bennett Bridget

Titolo

Transatlantic spiritualism and nineteenth-century American literature [[electronic resource] /] / Bridget Bennett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007

ISBN

1-281-36348-0

9786611363482

0-230-60486-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (258 p.)

Disciplina

810.9384

810/.9384

Soggetti

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

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Apparitional Past; Chapter 1 Crossing Over: The Spiritualist Atlantic; Chapter 2 Revolutionary Spirits: The Persistence of the Occult; Chapter 3 Sacred Theatres: The Spiritist Performances of Shakerism in the 1830's and 1840's; Chapter 4 Spirited Away: The Death of Little Eva and the Farewell Performances of Katie King; Chapter 5 "There Is No Death": Spiritualism and the Civil War; Conclusion: The Afterlife of Spiritualism; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book asks about the cultural and political meanings of spiritualism in the Nineteenth century United States. In order to re-assess both transatlantic spiritualism and the culture in which it emerged, Bennet locates spiritualism within a highly technologized transatlantic capitalist culture.