Transatlantic Spiritualism and Nineteenth-Century American Literature / by B. Bennett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bennett, Bridget.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

America--History.

America.

Literature.

America--Literatures.

Literature, Modern--19th century.

Literature, Modern.

Religion.

History, Modern.

History of the Americas.

North American Literature.

Nineteenth-Century Literature.

Modern History.

Local Subjects:

History of the Americas.

Literature.

North American Literature.

Nineteenth-Century Literature.

Religion.

Modern History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2007.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book asks about the cultural and political meanings of spiritualism in the Nineteenth century United States. In order to re-assess both transatlantic spiritualism and the culture in which it emerged, Bennet locates spiritualism within a highly technologized transatlantic capitalist culture.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Apparitional Past; Chapter 1 Crossing Over: The Spiritualist Atlantic; Chapter 2 Revolutionary Spirits: The Persistence of the Occult; Chapter 3 Sacred Theatres: The Spiritist Performances of Shakerism in the 1830's and 1840's; Chapter 4 Spirited Away: The Death of Little Eva and the Farewell Performances of Katie King; Chapter 5 "There Is No Death": Spiritualism and the Civil War; Conclusion: The Afterlife of Spiritualism; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611363482

9781281363480

1281363480

9780230604865

0230604862

OCLC:

314776126