That Devil's Trick: Hypnotism and the Victorian Popular Imagination

by William Hughes

Book Overview

That devil's trick is the first study of nineteenth-century hypnotism based primarily on the popular - rather than medical - appreciation of the subject. Drawing on the reports of mesmerists, hypnotists, quack doctors and serious physicians printed in popular newspapers from the early years of the nineteenth century to the Victorian fin de si cle, the book provides an insight into how continental mesmerism was first understood in Britain, how a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526127148
• ISBN13: 9781526127143
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"