The Victorian Supernatural

Bys: Bown, Nicola, Burdett, Carolyn, Thurschwell, Pamela

Book Overview

This collection brings together essays by scholars from literature, history of art and history of science which explore the diversity of Victorian fascination with the supernatural: 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. These essays demonstrate that the supernatural was not simply a reaction to the post-Darwinian loss of faith, but was embedded in virtually every aspect of Victorian culture.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521114640
• ISBN13: 9780521114646
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"