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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458366403321

Autore

Cottom Daniel

Titolo

Abyss of reason [[electronic resource] ] : cultural movements, revelations, and betrayals / / Daniel Cottom

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1991

ISBN

1-280-52564-9

0-19-536170-9

1-4294-0108-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (316 pages)

Disciplina

809/.91

Soggetti

Surrealism (Literature)

Spiritualism in literature

Criticism - History - 20th century

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

Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. On the Dignity of Tables; 3. The Experience of Personation; 4. The Medium of Reason; 5. Wording the Subject of Spiritualism; 6. The Pathology of Beauty; 7. Dream Work; 8. Thinking Things; 9. Purity; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

A study from the American perspective of modern spiritualism, which flourished in the mid-19th century, and of surrealism, a movement that produced a major following between the two World Wars.