LEADER 04929oam 2200997zu 450 001 9910154306503321 005 20220223205054.0 010 $a1-5261-0197-1 035 $a(CKB)3710000000529363 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001590101 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16284082 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001590101 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14632165 035 $a(PQKB)11602599 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4915175 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000529363 100 $a20160829d2015 uy 101 0 $aeng 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aThat devil's trick : hypnotism and the Victorian popular imagination 210 31$a[Place of publication not identified]$cManchester University Press$d2015 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7190-7483-5 327 $aPreamble: Animal magnetism - a farce? -- The epoch of Mesmer -- Medical magnetism -- Surgical hypnotism -- Conclusion: 'This is that devil's trick - hypnotism!' 330 $aThat Devil's Trick is the first study of nineteenth-century hypnotism based primarily on the popular - rather than medical - appreciation of the subject. Drawing on the reports of mesmerists, hypnotists, quack doctors and serious physicians printed in popular newspapers from the early years of the nineteenth century to the Victorian fin de sie?cle, the book provides an insight into how Continental mesmerism was first understood in Britain, how a number of distinctively British varieties of mesmerism developed, and how these were continually debated in medical, moral and legal terms. This is no dry history of medicine, however. It opens and closes with two vignettes of how mesmerists were depicted on stage at the eighteenth- and nineteenth century fins des sie?cles, and its contents are highly relevant to the study of the many authors - Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Bram Stoker and Conan Doyle among them - whose fiction was informed by the imagery of hypnotism and mesmerism. Its contents are enlivened by liberal quotation from the often scandalous observations of those who watched or participated in mesmeric se?ances, these being regarded at times as salacious exhibitions likely to undermine the morality of the nation. That Devil's Trick will be an essential resource for anybody working with the popular and literary culture of the nineteenth century. Its unique contents allow it to bridge the disciplinary boundaries of literary criticism and broader Victorian studies, the breath and liveliness of its coverage also making it an important work for medical historians and the general reader. --Provided by publisher. 606 $aHypnotism$xHistory$y19th century$zGreat Britain 606 $aHypnotism$xSocial aspects$y19th century$zGreat Britain 606 $aMesmerism$xHistory 606 $aHypnotism in literature 606 $aMesmerism in literature 606 $aHypnosis 606 $aLiterature 606 $aImagination 606 $aHistory, 19th Century 606 $aSocial Perception 606 $aCognition 606 $aPsychotherapy 606 $aMind-Body Therapies 606 $aHistory, Modern 1601- 606 $aPerception 606 $aHumanities 606 $aMental Processes 606 $aComplementary Therapies 606 $aHistory 606 $aBehavioral Disciplines and Activities 606 $aPsychological Phenomena and Processes 606 $aTherapeutics 606 $aPsychiatry and Psychology 606 $aAnalytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment 606 $aParapsychology & Occult Sciences$2HILCC 606 $aSocial Sciences$2HILCC 615 0$aHypnotism$xHistory 615 0$aHypnotism$xSocial aspects 615 0$aMesmerism$xHistory 615 0$aHypnotism in literature 615 0$aMesmerism in literature 615 2$aHypnosis 615 2$aLiterature 615 2$aImagination 615 2$aHistory, 19th Century 615 2$aSocial Perception 615 2$aCognition 615 2$aPsychotherapy 615 2$aMind-Body Therapies 615 2$aHistory, Modern 1601- 615 2$aPerception 615 2$aHumanities 615 2$aMental Processes 615 2$aComplementary Therapies 615 2$aHistory 615 2$aBehavioral Disciplines and Activities 615 2$aPsychological Phenomena and Processes 615 2$aTherapeutics 615 2$aPsychiatry and Psychology 615 2$aAnalytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment 615 7$aParapsychology & Occult Sciences 615 7$aSocial Sciences 676 $a154.7094109034 700 $aHughes$b William$f1964-$0848460 801 0$bPQKB 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910154306503321 996 $aThat devil's trick : hypnotism and the Victorian popular imagination$92596762 997 $aUNINA