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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
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