The Occult Imagination in Britain, 1875-1947

Herausgeber: Ferguson, Christine; Radford, Andrew

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Reflecting the signal array of responses by authors, artists, actors, impresarios and popular entertainers to questions of esoteric spirituality and belief, this interdisciplinary collection demonstrates the enormous interest in the occult during a time typically associated with the rise of secularization and scientific innovation.

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Produktdetails

• Among the Victorians and Modernists
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9780367885069
• ISBN-10: 0367885069
• Artikelnr.: 58441559

Autorenporträt

Christine C. Ferguson is Senior Lecturer in English in the School of Criticial Studies and Andrew Radford is Lecturer in English in the School of Critical Studies at the University of Glasgow, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Christine Ferguson: Introduction
Occulture Beyond the Metropole
Chapter 1: Michael Shaw, "Theosophy in Scotland: Oriental Occultism and
National Identity"
Chapter 2:
Nick Daly, "The Everyday Occult on Stage: The Play of Lord Dunsany"
Chapter 3:
Clare Button, " 'A very perfect form of discipline': Rolf Gardiner, folk
dance and occult landscapes"
Occulting the Public Sphere
Chapter 4: Jake Poller, " '
Under a Glamour': Annie Besant, Charles Leadbeater and Neo-Theosophy"
Chapter 5: Nick Freeman, "
The Black Magic Bogeyman 1908-1935"
Chapter 6: Elsa Richardson, "Stemming the Black Tide of Mud: Psychoanalysis
and the Occult Periodical, 1910-1924"
Women's Occulture
Chapter 7: Caroline Tully, "
Egyptosophy in the British Museum: Florence Farr, the Egyptian Adept and
the Ka"
Chapter 8: Dennis Denisoff, "
Occult Synaesthetics and Pamela Colman Smith's The Green Sheaf"
Chapter 9: Andrew Radford, "Anxieties of Mystic Influence: Dion Fortune's
The Winged Bull and Aleister Crowley"
Art, Fiction and Occult Intermediation
Chapter 10: Aren Roukema, "Naturalists in Ghost Land: Victorian Occultism
and Science Fiction"
Chapter 11: Massimo Introvigne, "Painting the Masters in Britain: From
Schmiechen to Scott"
Chapter 12: Steven Sutcliffe, " 'Beating on Your Heart': The Novels of
David Lindsay and the Cultic Milieu in the 1920s"