Poe, Fuller, and the mesmeric arts : transition states in the American Renaissance / / Bruce Mills
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| Autore: |
Mills Bruce <1958->
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| Titolo: |
Poe, Fuller, and the mesmeric arts : transition states in the American Renaissance / / Bruce Mills
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| Pubblicazione: | Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2005 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 810.9/353 |
| Soggetto topico: | American literature - 19th century - History and criticism |
| Mesmerism in literature | |
| Mesmerism - United States - History - 19th century | |
| Altered states of consciousness in literature | |
| Animal magnetism in literature | |
| Sleepwalking in literature | |
| Hypnotism in literature | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | "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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Poe, Fuller, and the mesmeric arts |
| ISBN: | 0-8262-6500-6 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910816599403321 |
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