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1 online resource (xx, 202 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-196) and index. |
Summary |
"Examines how the writings of Edgar Allan Poe and Margaret Fuller draw from representations of and theories concerning animal magnetism, somnambulism, or hypnosis rendered in newspapers, literary and medical journals, pamphlets, and books, and also includes discussion of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Lydia Maria Child, and Walt Whitman"--Provided by publisher. |
Contents |
Charting the mesmeric turn: sympathy, animal magnetism, and the motion of the mind -- The psychology of the single effect: Poe and the short-story genre -- Laws of the heart divine: Eureka and the poetics of the mind -- Reading the self: Fuller's magnetic juvenilia -- Transition states -- Exquisite sensibilities: Lydia Maria Child, Margaret Fuller, and magnetic reform -- Singing the American body electric: Whitman and the mesmeric turn. |
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Subject |
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 -- Knowledge and learning -- Psychology.
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Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. |
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Psychology. |
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Fuller, Margaret, 1810-1850 -- Knowledge and learning -- Psychology.
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Fuller, Margaret, 1810-1850. |
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Mesmer, Franz Anton, 1734-1815 -- Influence.
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Mesmer, Franz Anton, 1734-1815. |
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Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. |
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Fuller, Margaret, 1810-1850. |
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Mesmer, Franz Anton, 1734-1815. |
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Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 -- Et la psychologie. |
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Fuller, Margaret, 1810-1850 -- Knowledge -- Et la psychologie. |
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Mesmer, Franz Anton, 1734-1815 -- Influence. |
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Fuller, Margaret. |
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Poe, Edgar Allan. |
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American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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American literature. |
Chronological Term |
19th century |
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Mesmerism in literature.
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Mesmerism in literature. |
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Mesmerism -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Mesmerism. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Altered states of consciousness in literature.
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Altered states of consciousness in literature. |
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Animal magnetism in literature.
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Animal magnetism in literature. |
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Sleepwalking in literature.
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Sleepwalking in literature. |
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Hypnotism in literature.
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Hypnotism in literature. |
Chronological Term |
1800 - 1899 |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Mills, Bruce, 1958- Poe, Fuller, and the mesmeric arts. Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2006 0826216102 (DLC) 2005021968 (OCoLC)61229651 |
ISBN |
0826265006 (electronic book) |
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9780826265005 (electronic book) |
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0826216102 (alkaline paper) |
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9780826216106 (alkaline paper) |
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