Ghost-Seers, Detectives, and Spiritualists
Title | Ghost-Seers, Detectives, and Spiritualists PDF eBook |
Author | Srdjan Smajić |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 281 |
Release | 2010-04-29 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1139485881 |
This book is a study of the narrative techniques that developed for two very popular forms of fiction in the nineteenth century - ghost stories and detective stories - and the surprising similarities between them in the context of contemporary theories of vision and sight. Srdjan Smajić argues that to understand how writers represented ghost-seers and detectives, the views of contemporary scientists, philosophers, and spiritualists with which these writers engage have to be taken into account: these views raise questions such as whether seeing really is believing, how much of what we 'see' is actually only inferred, and whether there may be other (intuitive or spiritual) ways of seeing that enable us to perceive objects and beings inaccessible to the bodily senses. This book will make a real contribution to the understanding of Victorian science in culture, and of the ways in which literature draws on all kinds of knowledge.
Ghost-seers, Detectives, and Spiritualists
Title | Ghost-seers, Detectives, and Spiritualists PDF eBook |
Author | Srdjan Smajic |
Publisher | |
Pages | 262 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Detective and mystery stories, English |
ISBN | 9780511716065 |
This is an original study of the narrative techniques that developed for two very popular forms of fiction in the nineteenth century, Äì ghost stories and detective stories, Äì and the surprising similarities between them in the context of contemporary theories of vision and sight. Srdjan Smajiá argues that to understand how writers represented ghost-seers and detectives, the views of contemporary scientists, philosophers, and spiritualists with which these writers engage have to be taken into account: these views raise questions such as whether seeing really is believing, how much of what we, Äòsee' is actually only inferred, and whether there may be other (intuitive or spiritual) ways of seeing that enable us to perceive objects and beings inaccessible to the bodily senses. This book will make a real contribution to the understanding of Victorian science in culture, and of the ways in which literature draws on all kinds of knowledge.
The Night Side of Nature, Or, Ghosts and Ghost Seers
Title | The Night Side of Nature, Or, Ghosts and Ghost Seers PDF eBook |
Author | Catherine Crowe |
Publisher | |
Pages | 390 |
Release | 1848 |
Genre | Ghosts |
ISBN |
The Spiritualists and the Detectives
Title | The Spiritualists and the Detectives PDF eBook |
Author | Allan Pinkerton |
Publisher | |
Pages | 394 |
Release | 1877 |
Genre | Detective and mystery stories |
ISBN |
The night side of nature; or, Ghosts and ghost seers
Title | The night side of nature; or, Ghosts and ghost seers PDF eBook |
Author | Catharine Crowe |
Publisher | |
Pages | 396 |
Release | 1848 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The Night-Side of Nature: Ghosts and Ghost-Seers
Title | The Night-Side of Nature: Ghosts and Ghost-Seers PDF eBook |
Author | Catherine Ann Crowe |
Publisher | DigiCat |
Pages | 420 |
Release | 2022-08-16 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN |
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Night-Side of Nature: Ghosts and Ghost-Seers" by Catherine Ann Crowe. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
The Night Side of Nature
Title | The Night Side of Nature PDF eBook |
Author | Catherine Crowe |
Publisher | Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Pages | 412 |
Release | 2017-11-18 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781979853026 |
The Night Side of Nature: Or, Ghosts and Ghost Seers, Vol. 1 (Cambridge Library Collection - Spiritualism and Esoteric Knowledge) by Catherine Crowe