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Abyss of reason : cultural movements, revelations, and betrayals / Daniel Cottom.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cottom, Daniel, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Surrealism (Literature).
- Spiritualism in literature.
- Criticism--History--20th century.
- Criticism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (305 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A study from the American perspective of modern spiritualism, which flourished in the mid-19th century, and of surrealism, a movement that produced a major following between the two World Wars.
- Contents:
- Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. On the Dignity of Tables; 3. The Experience of Personation; 4. The Medium of Reason; 5. Wording the Subject of Spiritualism; 6. The Pathology of Beauty; 7. Dream Work; 8. Thinking Things; 9. Purity; Notes; Index
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Previously issued in print: 1991.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-772293-8
- 1-280-52564-9
- 0-19-536170-9
- 1-4294-0108-7
- OCLC:
- 191953038
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