02907nam 2200685Ia 450 991081659940332120200520144314.00-8262-6500-6(CKB)1000000000246901(OCoLC)133164529(CaPaEBR)ebrary10128970(SSID)ssj0000222975(PQKBManifestationID)11198845(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000222975(PQKBWorkID)10196200(PQKB)11641924(OCoLC)647502234(MiAaPQ)EBC3570868(Au-PeEL)EBL3570868(CaPaEBR)ebr10128970(OCoLC)70793028(EXLCZ)99100000000024690120050728d2005 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrPoe, Fuller, and the mesmeric arts transition states in the American Renaissance /Bruce Mills1st ed.Columbia University of Missouri Pressc20051 online resource (225 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8262-1610-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction Toward an American Aesthetic -- 1. Charting the Mesmeric Turn -- 2. The Psychology of the Single Effect -- 3. Laws of the Heart Divine -- 4. Reading the Self -- 5. Transition States -- 6. Exquisite Sensibilities -- Conclusion Singing the American Body Electric -- Bibliography -- Index."Examines how the writings of Edgar Allan Poe and Margaret Fuller draw from representations of and theories concerning animal magnetism, somnambulism, or hypnosis rendered in newspapers, literary and medical journals, pamphlets, and books, and also includes discussion of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Lydia Maria Child, and Walt Whitman"--Provided by publisher.American literature19th centuryHistory and criticismMesmerism in literatureMesmerismUnited StatesHistory19th centuryAltered states of consciousness in literatureAnimal magnetism in literatureSleepwalking in literatureHypnotism in literatureAmerican literatureHistory and criticism.Mesmerism in literature.MesmerismHistoryAltered states of consciousness in literature.Animal magnetism in literature.Sleepwalking in literature.Hypnotism in literature.810.9/353Mills Bruce1958-1642008MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816599403321Poe, Fuller, and the mesmeric arts3986492UNINA