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Determined spirits [[electronic resource] ] : eugenics, heredity and racial regeneration in Anglo-American spiritualist writing, 1848-1930 / / Christine Ferguson
| Determined spirits [[electronic resource] ] : eugenics, heredity and racial regeneration in Anglo-American spiritualist writing, 1848-1930 / / Christine Ferguson |
| Autore | Ferguson Christine |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
| Disciplina |
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| Collana | Edinburgh critical studies in Victorian culture |
| Soggetto topico |
Spiritualism - Great Britain - History - 19th century
Spiritualism - Great Britain - History - 20th century Spiritualism - United States - History - 19th century Spiritualism - United States - History - 20th century Literature and spiritualism - Great Britain - History - 19th century Literature and spiritualism - Great Britain - History - 20th century Literature and spiritualism - United States - History - 19th century Literature and spiritualism - United States - History - 20th century |
| ISBN | 0-7486-5066-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 Radical Determinism and the Natural History of the Medium; Chapter 2 Spirits in Mind: Madness, Idiocy and the Cultural Capital of Ignorance; Chapter 3 Eugenic Summerlands: Sexual Reproduction and Family Engineering in the Spheres; Chapter 4 Blended Souls: Paschal Beverly Randolph and Occult Miscegenation; Chapter 5 Criminal Man and Recidivist Spirit: Spiritualism, Criminal Anthropology and Thanato-Rehabilitationism
Chapter 6 Dead Letters: Bioaesthetics and the New Realism in Fin-de-Siècle SpiritualismConclusion; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790235403321 |
Ferguson Christine
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| Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2012 | ||
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| 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
| 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 |
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Franklin J. Jeffrey
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| Ithaca, NY : , : Cornell University Press, , [2018] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Soggetto topico
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Spiritualism - Great Britain - History - 19th century
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- English prose literature - 19th century - History and criticism (1)
- Literature and spiritualism - Great Britain - History - 19th century (1)
- Literature and spiritualism - Great Britain - History - 20th century (1)
- Literature and spiritualism - United States - History - 19th century (1)