Modern enchantments : the cultural power of secular magic / / Simon During
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| Autore: |
During Simon <1950->
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| Titolo: |
Modern enchantments : the cultural power of secular magic / / Simon During
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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, Mass. : , : Harvard University Press, , 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (x, 336 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina: | 793.8 |
| Soggetto topico: | Magic tricks - History |
| Magicians - History | |
| Note generali: | Originally published: 2002. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-326) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Acknowledgments 1. Magic History: An Introduction 2. Enchantment and Loss: Theorizing Secular Magic 3. Egg-Bag Tricks and Electricity: The Founding of Modern Commercial Conjuring 4. Magic's Moment: The Illusion Business 5. From Magic to Film 6. Magic and Literature 7. Magic Places: The Lyceum and the Great Room, Spring Gardens 8. Spiritualism and the Birth of Optical Technologies Notes Index |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Modern enchantments |
| ISBN: | 0-674-03439-2 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910819593503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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