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Poe, Fuller, and the mesmeric arts : transition states in the American Renaissance
- Title
- Poe, Fuller, and the mesmeric arts : transition states in the American Renaissance / Bruce Mills.
- Author
- Mills, Bruce, 1958-
- Publication
- Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2006.
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- Description
- xx, 202 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- 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.
- Subjects
- Mesmerism in literature
- Sleepwalking in literature
- Mesmerism > United States > History > 19th century
- American literature > 19th century > History and criticism
- Hypnotism in literature
- Animal magnetism in literature
- Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 > Knowledge > Psychology
- Mesmer, Franz Anton, 1734-1815 > Influence
- Fuller, Margaret, 1810-1850 > Knowledge > Psychology
- Altered states of consciousness in literature
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-196) and index.
- Call Number
- JFE 06-2015
- ISBN
- 0826216102 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2005021968
- 9780826216106
- OCLC
- 61229651
- Author
- Mills, Bruce, 1958-
- Title
- Poe, Fuller, and the mesmeric arts : transition states in the American Renaissance / Bruce Mills.
- Imprint
- Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2006.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-196) and index.
- Connect to:
- Other Standard Identifier
- 9780826216106
- Research Call Number
- JFE 06-2015