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Abyss of reason : cultural movements, revelations, and betrayals / Daniel Cottom.

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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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