Victorian women and the theatre of trance

mediums, spiritualists and mesmerists in performance

Victorian women and the theatre of trance
Amy Lehman, Amy Lehman
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Victorian women and the theatre of trance

mediums, spiritualists and mesmerists in performance

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Victorian Women and the Theatre of Trance: Mediums, Spiritualists and Mesmerists in Performance
2009, McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
in English
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Victorian women and the theatre of trance: mediums, spiritualists and mesmerists in performance
2009, McFarland & Co., Inc., Publishers
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Table of Contents

Victorian theatre and theatricality in Victorian culture
The Victorian woman as actress and the roles she played
Mesmer and Charcot : the trance performance as medical show
The performances of Elizabeth O'Key : the medical theatre of mesmerism
"Double consciousness" in acting theory and trance state
"Call me Gypsy" : Anna Cora Mowatt's trance performances
The rise of spiritualism and the Fox sisters
Séance as theatre
Spirit travels to distant times and places
Cora L.V. Richmond : spiritualist trance star
The performance of Ouina and the racial other
Spiritualism crosses over to England : Florence Cook and the materialization séance
Katie King and Robert Dale Owne
Materialization, ectoplasm, and realism.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Jefferson, N.C

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Dewey Decimal Class
793.8
Library of Congress
BF1275.W65 L45 2009, BF1275.W65L45 2009

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Pagination
p. cm.

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Open Library
OL24061316M
ISBN 13
9780786434794
LCCN
2009026561
OCLC/WorldCat
424454763

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