{"product_id":"the-victorian-supernatural-paperback-9780521114646","title":"The Victorian Supernatural (Paperback) 9780521114646","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Victorian Supernatural\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEssays by literary scholars, art historians and science historians explore the diversity of the Victorians' fascination with the supernatural.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNicola Bown (Edited by), Carolyn Burdett (Edited by), Pamela Thurschwell (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521114646, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 25 June 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e328 pages, 9 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.44 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e' … the volume's eleven essays are, without exception, richly detailed and engaging.' Women: a Cultural Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe Victorians were haunted by the supernatural, by ghosts and fairies, table-rappings and telepathic encounters, occult religions and the idea of reincarnation, visions of the other world and a reality beyond the everyday. The Victorian Supernatural explores the sources of these beliefs in their literary, historical and cultural contexts. The collection brings together essays by scholars from literature, history of art and history of science, which examine the diversity of the Victorians' fascination with the supernatural. The essays show that the supernatural was not simply a reaction to a post-Darwinian loss of faith, but was embedded in virtually every aspect of Victorian culture. This important interdisciplinary study sheds light on debates surrounding the relationship between high and popular Victorian culture and contemporary notions of the supernatural.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Notes on contributors\u003cbr\u003e Foreward Gillian Beer\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Supernatural Science: 1. Spiritualism, science and the supernatural in mid-Victorian Britain Richard Noakes\u003cbr\u003e 2. Investigations and fictions: Charles Dickens and ghosts Louise Henson\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Invisible Women: 3. Spectral politics: the Victorian ghost story and the domestic servant Eve M. Lynch\u003cbr\u003e 4. George Eliot's prophecies: coercive second sight and everyday thought reading Pamela Thurschwell\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Raising the Dead: 5. Browning, the dramatic monologue and the resuscitation of the dead Adam Roberts\u003cbr\u003e 6. Baron Corvo and the key to the underworld Colin Cruise\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Envisioning the Unseen: 7. What is the stuff that dreams are made of? Nicola Bown\u003cbr\u003e 8. Holman Hunt, William Dyce and the image of Christ Michaela Giebelhausen\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Imperial Occult: 9. Knowledge, belief and the supernatural at the imperial margin Roger Luckhurst\u003cbr\u003e 10. Romance, reincarnation and Rider Haggard Carolyn Burdett\u003cbr\u003e Part VI. Haunted modernism: 11. The origins of modernism in the haunted properties of literature Geoffrey Gilbert\u003cbr\u003e 12. Afterword Steven Connor\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20c%201800%20to%20c%201900%20%20%5BDSBF%5D%22\"\u003eDSBF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46002334335256,"sku":"9780521114646","price":23.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521114646i_1aabbc26-d728-45e4-8d5e-67a3cda22ae2.jpg?v=1691371342","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-victorian-supernatural-paperback-9780521114646","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}