The place of enchantment [[electronic resource] ] : British occultism and the culture of the modern / / Alex Owen |
Autore | Owen Alex <1948-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, Ill., : University of Chicago Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (378 p.) |
Disciplina | 133/.0941/09034 |
Soggetto topico | Occultism - Great Britain - History - 19th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-53780-6
9786612537806 0-226-64203-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Culture and the occult at the fin de siècle -- Magicians of the new dawn -- Sexual politics -- Modern enchantment and the consciousness of the self -- Occult reality and the fictionalizing mind -- Aleister Crowley in the desert -- After Armageddon -- Occultism and the ambiguities of the modern. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455600003321 |
Owen Alex <1948-> | ||
Chicago, Ill., : University of Chicago Press, c2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The place of enchantment [[electronic resource] ] : British occultism and the culture of the modern / / Alex Owen |
Autore | Owen Alex <1948-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, Ill., : University of Chicago Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (378 p.) |
Disciplina | 133/.0941/09034 |
Soggetto topico | Occultism - Great Britain - History - 19th century |
Soggetto non controllato | experimentation, occult, spiritual encounters, metaphysics, edwardian, victorian, modernity, inquiry, ritual, myth, magic, spiritualism, seances, mysticism, science, pseudoscience, england, great britain, rationality, spirituality, religion, darwin, faith, secularism, freud, james george frazer, anthropology, esotericism, consciousness, history, hermetic order of the golden dawn, magical societies, clairvoyance, astral, wb yeats, pharmacology, aleister crowley, sex, sexuality, secrecy, knowledge, imagination, truth, authority, legitimacy |
ISBN |
1-282-53780-6
9786612537806 0-226-64203-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Culture and the occult at the fin de siècle -- Magicians of the new dawn -- Sexual politics -- Modern enchantment and the consciousness of the self -- Occult reality and the fictionalizing mind -- Aleister Crowley in the desert -- After Armageddon -- Occultism and the ambiguities of the modern. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780994303321 |
Owen Alex <1948-> | ||
Chicago, Ill., : University of Chicago Press, c2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The place of enchantment : British occultism and the culture of the modern / / Alex Owen |
Autore | Owen Alex <1948-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, Ill., : University of Chicago Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (378 p.) |
Disciplina | 133/.0941/09034 |
Soggetto topico | Occultism - Great Britain - History - 19th century |
ISBN |
1-282-53780-6
9786612537806 0-226-64203-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Culture and the occult at the fin de siecle -- Magicians of the new dawn -- Sexual politics -- Modern enchantment and the consciousness of the self -- Occult reality and the fictionalizing mind -- Aleister Crowley in the desert -- After Armageddon -- Occultism and the ambiguities of the modern. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819184903321 |
Owen Alex <1948-> | ||
Chicago, Ill., : University of Chicago Press, c2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Spirit Matters : Occult Beliefs, Alternative Religions, and the Crisis of Faith in Victorian Britain / / J. Jeffrey Franklin |
Autore | Franklin J. Jeffrey |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca, NY : , : Cornell University Press, , [2018] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (264 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 823.91209034 |
Soggetto topico |
Religion and culture - Great Britain - History - 19th century
Spiritualism - Great Britain - History - 19th century Occultism - Great Britain - History - 19th century Spiritualism in literature Occultism in literature English prose literature - 19th century - History and criticism |
Soggetto non controllato | spirituality, materialism, Buddhism, occultism, New Age |
ISBN | 1-5017-1546-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Orthodox Christianity, Scientific Materialism, and Alternative Religions -- Part I: Challenges to Christianity and the Orthodox/ Heterodox Boundary -- 2 The Evolution of Occult Spirituality in Victorian England and the Representative Case of Edward Bulwer-Lytton -- 3 Anthony Trollope's Religion -- 4 The Influences of Buddhism and Comparative Religion on Matthew Arnold's Theology -- Part II: The Interpenetration of Christianity and Buddhism -- 5 Interpenetration of Religion and National Politics in Great Britain and Sri Lanka -- 6 Identity, Genre, and Religion in Anna Leonowens's The English Governess at the Siamese Court -- Part III: The Turn to Occultism -- 7 Ancient Egyptian Religion in Late Victorian England -- 8 The Economics of Immortality -- Part IV: The Origins of Alternative Religion in Victorian Britain -- Conclusion From Victorian Occultism to New Age Spiritualities -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910796585803321 |
Franklin J. Jeffrey | ||
Ithaca, NY : , : Cornell University Press, , [2018] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Spirit Matters : Occult Beliefs, Alternative Religions, and the Crisis of Faith in Victorian Britain / / J. Jeffrey Franklin |
Autore | Franklin J. Jeffrey |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca, NY : , : Cornell University Press, , [2018] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (264 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 823.91209034 |
Soggetto topico |
Religion and culture - Great Britain - History - 19th century
Spiritualism - Great Britain - History - 19th century Occultism - Great Britain - History - 19th century Spiritualism in literature Occultism in literature English prose literature - 19th century - History and criticism |
ISBN | 1-5017-1546-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Orthodox Christianity, Scientific Materialism, and Alternative Religions -- Part I: Challenges to Christianity and the Orthodox/ Heterodox Boundary -- 2 The Evolution of Occult Spirituality in Victorian England and the Representative Case of Edward Bulwer-Lytton -- 3 Anthony Trollope's Religion -- 4 The Influences of Buddhism and Comparative Religion on Matthew Arnold's Theology -- Part II: The Interpenetration of Christianity and Buddhism -- 5 Interpenetration of Religion and National Politics in Great Britain and Sri Lanka -- 6 Identity, Genre, and Religion in Anna Leonowens's The English Governess at the Siamese Court -- Part III: The Turn to Occultism -- 7 Ancient Egyptian Religion in Late Victorian England -- 8 The Economics of Immortality -- Part IV: The Origins of Alternative Religion in Victorian Britain -- Conclusion From Victorian Occultism to New Age Spiritualities -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814843103321 |
Franklin J. Jeffrey | ||
Ithaca, NY : , : Cornell University Press, , [2018] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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