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Record Nr.

UNINA9910478900103321

Autore

Natale Simone <1981->

Titolo

Supernatural entertainments : Victorian spiritualism and the rise of modern media culture / / Simone Natale

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University Park, Pennsylvania : , : Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

0-271-07737-9

0-271-07739-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 235 pages :) : illustrations ;

Disciplina

133.909034

Soggetti

Popular culture - United States - History - 19th century

Popular culture - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Spiritualism - United States - History - 19th century

Spiritualism - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Seances - United States - History - 19th century

Seances - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-230) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

"Explores the proliferation of spiritualist seances in mid-nineteenth-century Europe and the United States, and the connection to the contemporary evolution of the media entertainment industry"--Provided by publisher.