Description |
xii, 233 p., [14] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm. |
Series |
SUNY series, studies in the long nineteenth century |
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SUNY series, studies in the long nineteenth century.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-223) and index. |
Contents |
Spirited sexuality : sex, marriage, and Victorian spiritualism -- Wedding stories/ghost stories -- Ghostly erotics and the imperialism in the Victorian drawing room -- Economics, race, and the specter of class -- Drunk with power : stories of ghostly others -- Under the influence : the fox sisters and pernicious spirits -- Haunted : Elizabeth d'Esperance, social justice, and the evolution of mediumship. |
Subject |
Spiritualism -- England.
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England -- Religion -- History -- 19th century.
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ISBN |
0791467392 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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9780791467398 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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