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Light on the path : advancing occultism through esoteric fiction, 1880-1940 / Mark S. Morrisson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morrisson, Mark S., author.
- Series:
- Oxford studies in Western esotericism.
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford studies in Western esotericism
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Occultism in literature.
- Spiritual life in literature.
- Paranormal fiction, English--History and criticism.
- Paranormal fiction, English.
- Paranormal fiction, American--History and criticism.
- Paranormal fiction, American.
- English fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
- English fiction.
- American fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
- American fiction.
- English fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
- American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
- Summary:
- In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the US and UK experienced an occult revival, a flourishing 'occulture' that signalled the increasing presence of the occult in the popular imagination. This period also witnessed another major cultural development - a rapid expansion of print culture that offered a dizzying array of new magazines, pulp fiction, cheap single-volume and paperback novels, and emerging forms of genre fiction, all designed to meet (and create) the demands of a growing fiction readership. In 'Light on the Path', Mark S. Morrisson explores the surprising interdependence of these two phenomena.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on September 18, 2025).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-777326-5
- 0-19-777325-7
- 0-19-777327-3
- 9780197773253
- OCLC:
- 1537013187
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