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Autore |
Cottom Daniel |
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Titolo |
Abyss of reason : cultural movements, revelations, and betrayals / / Daniel Cottom |
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Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2023 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-772293-8 |
1-280-52564-9 |
0-19-536170-9 |
1-4294-0108-7 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (305 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Surrealism (Literature) |
Spiritualism in literature |
Criticism - History - 20th century |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Includes index. |
Previously issued in print: 1991. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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