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That Devil's Trick: Hypnotism and the Victorian Popular Imagination
Hardback
Main Details
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That Devil's Trick: Hypnotism and the Victorian Popular Imagination
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) William Hughes
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Physical Properties |
Format:Hardback | Pages:256 | Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 138 |
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Category/Genre | Literary studies - c 1800 to c 1900 |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780719074837
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Classifications | Dewey:820.9008 |
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Audience | General | Tertiary Education (US: College) | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Manchester University Press
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Imprint |
Manchester University Press
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Publication Date |
31 January 2015 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
That devil's trick is the first study of nineteenth-century hypnotism based primarily on the popular - rather than medical - appreciation of the subject. Drawing on the reports of mesmerists, hypnotists, quack doctors and serious physicians printed in popular newspapers from the early years of the nineteenth century to the Victorian fin de siecle,
Author Biography
William Hughes is Professor of Gothic Studies at Bath Spa University -- .
Reviews'That Devil's Trick makes a valuable contribution to the history of nineteenth-century mesmerism and medicine. In focussing on the non-medical press, Hughes has greatly expanded our appreciation of both the range and longevity of contemporary debates on mesmerism. In doing so, he presents us with a rich and nuanced history of a pseudoscience that, for all its fluidity, ultimately remained fixed at the fringes of medical respectability.' Karl Bell, University of Portsmouth 'I would thoroughly recommend the book to anyone working in this area since Hughes's new research method has uncovered a host of original new materials and done a massive job of synthesis. He is to be commended for a serious and weighty volume of research that nuances our understanding of this aspect of nineteenth-century culture.' Roger Luckhurst, Birkbeck, University of London, Victorian Studies (issue 60.1) Autumn 2017 -- .
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