Mesmerism and Hawthorne: Mediums of American RomanceUniversity of Alabama Press, 1998 - 197 oldal In Mesmerism and Hawthorne, Coale examines the mesmerist-spiritualist craze and relates it specifically to the way in which Hawthorne wrote fiction. Although many critics have discussed mesmerism as a theme in Hawthorne's work, few have analyzed the use of mesmerism as an influence on the very structure and texture of that work. For Hawthorne, mesmerism provided a fertile circumstance, complete with its sense of enchantment and the necessity of breaking its spell. The powers and techniques of mesmerism offered Hawthorne a way of describing the fiction he was trying to create. In effect what he described as the romance participates in the very acts of mesmerism it invokes and thematically or morally opposes. |
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... effect produced by mesmerism has since found its explanation or its counter- part in the spiritual phenomena . ” In effect the spirits communicating with the medium were similar to " the work of an intelligent unseen being , acting by ...
... effect produced by mesmerism has since found its explanation or its counter- part in the spiritual phenomena . ” In effect the spirits communicating with the medium were similar to " the work of an intelligent unseen being , acting by ...
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... effect he constructs his haunted house so well that any possibility of escaping from it suggests only wish- ful thinking . The precariousness of the first - person narrator and Coverdale's own haunted imagination overwhelm the tale of ...
... effect he constructs his haunted house so well that any possibility of escaping from it suggests only wish- ful thinking . The precariousness of the first - person narrator and Coverdale's own haunted imagination overwhelm the tale of ...
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... effect in relation to Hawthorne's previous habit of casting his spell in terms of one or two ( usually contrasting ) important images . Setting out for Blithedale - in particular the process of departure , of “ going out ” and “ setting ...
... effect in relation to Hawthorne's previous habit of casting his spell in terms of one or two ( usually contrasting ) important images . Setting out for Blithedale - in particular the process of departure , of “ going out ” and “ setting ...
Tartalomjegyzék
The Mesmerists Gaze and Hawthornes | 28 |
The Haunted House That Mesmerism Built | 91 |
The False and Mesmerized Consciousness | 106 |
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Mesmerism and Hawthorne: Mediums of American Romance Samuel Chase Coale,Samuel Coale Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2000 |
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