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Open secrets : the popular fiction of Britain's occult revival, 1842-1939 / Christine Ferguson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ferguson, Christine, author.
- Series:
- Oxford studies Western esotericism.
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford studies Western esotericism
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Paranormal fiction, English--History and criticism.
- Paranormal fiction, English.
- English fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
- English fiction.
- Popular literature--Great Britain--History and criticism.
- Popular literature.
- English fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (249 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
- Summary:
- 'Open Secrets' examines the popular genre fiction produced by leading figures within Britain's occult revival from the 1840s to the 1930s, including Edward Bulwer Lytton, Emma Hardinge Britten, Marie Corelli, Mabel Collins, Arthur Machen, Charles Fort, Aleister Crowley, and Dion Fortune. Ferguson demonstrates how the revival's popular fictional output was always more than just a reflection of, or mode of propaganda for, unorthodox authorial belief or initiatory intention-this fascinating corpus became a charged site for genre innovation and formal experimentation.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on March 31, 2025).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-765162-3
- 0-19-765160-7
- 0-19-765161-5
- OCLC:
- 1504837636
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