Ghost-Seers, Detectives, and Spiritualists: Theories of Vision in Victorian Literature and Science - Rilegato

Smajić, Srdjan

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ISBN 10: 0521191882 ISBN 13: 9780521191883

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2010

Riassunto

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.

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"Ghost-Seers, Detectives, an Spiritualists presents absorbing discussions of overlooked theories and diversifies our understanding of visual perception in the nineteenth century, especially as it applies to the popular literature of the period."
--Journal

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This book is a study of the narrative techniques which 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.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0521191882
• ISBN 13: 9780521191883
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 280