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Autore |
During Simon <1950-> |
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Modern enchantments [[electronic resource] ] : the cultural power of secular magic / / Simon During |
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Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2002 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (352 p. ) : ill |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Magic tricks - History |
Magicians - History |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Originally published: 2002. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-326) and index. |
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Acknowledgments 1. Magic History: An Introduction 2. Enchantment and Loss: Theorizing Secular Magic 3. Egg-Bag Tricks and Electricity: The Founding of Modern Commercial Conjuring 4. Magic's Moment: The Illusion Business 5. From Magic to Film 6. Magic and Literature 7. Magic Places: The Lyceum and the Great Room, Spring Gardens 8. Spiritualism and the Birth of Optical Technologies Notes Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Magic, Simon During suggests, has helped shape modern culture. Devoted to this deceptively simple proposition, this work gets at the aesthetic questions at the very heart of the study of culture. |
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