Spiritualism and women's writing: from the fin de siècle to the neo-victorian
Kontou, Tatiana
Using a wide range of unexplored archival material, this book examines the 'spectral' influence of Victorian spiritualism and Psychical Research on women'swriting, analyzing the ways in which modern writers have both subverted and mimicked nineteenth century sources in their evocation of the séance. INDICE: List of Figures - Acknowledgements - Introduction - Theatres in the Skull: The Society for Psychical Research and Actress Narratives - Well-tuned Mediums: May Sinclair and Dorothy Richardson - Phantasms of Florence Cook inMichèle Roberts' In the Red Kitchen - Natural and Spiritual Evolutions: A. S.Byatt's Angels and Insects - The Other World Illuminated: Wiring Science, Text and Spirit in Victoria Glendinning's Electricity - Queering the Séance: Sarah Waters' Affinity - Conclusion - Bibliography - Notes - Index
- ISBN: 978-0-230-20005-0
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 256
- Fecha Publicación: 26/08/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés