Modern enchantments [[electronic resource] ] : the cultural power of secular magic / / Simon During
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During Simon <1950->
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Modern enchantments [[electronic resource] ] : the cultural power of secular magic / / Simon During
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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (352 p. ) : ill |
| Disciplina: | 793.8 |
| Soggetto topico: | Magic tricks - History |
| Magicians - History | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Magic, Simon During suggests, has helped shape modern culture. Devoted to this deceptively simple proposition, this work gets at the aesthetic questions at the very heart of the study of culture. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Modern enchantments |
| ISBN: | 0-674-03439-2 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910454864003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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