Servants of the Supernatural: The Night Side of the Victorian Mind
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Servants of the Supernatural: The Night Side of the Victorian Mind

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Born of the so-called Victorian ‘pseudo science’ of mesmerism, the séance enjoyed a late 19th century golden age that ministered to the Victorian obsession with science, religious doubt, and entertainment. Mediums, psychics and somnambulists were investigated by amateur sleuths and by scientists like Faraday and Darwin; their performances imitated and exposed by magicians, denounced by clerics, satirised in the press. Yet the popularity of spiritualism and the séance endured – and does so to this day.

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Weight 0.224 kg
Dimensions 2 × 12.9 × 19.8 cm
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Format

Paperback
Language

Pages

320
Publisher

Year Published

2009-1-1
Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom
ISBN 10

0099478862
About The Author

Antonio Melechi is a Visiting Fellow at the University of York and the author of Fugitive Minds.

Servants of the Supernatural takes us on a joyously weird circuit of the Victorian obsession with the supernatural… Riotously enjoyable.
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Fascinating… brings to life the wonderfully flamboyant cheats and frauds of the 19th century medium trade… His tale stands beautifully as a reminder to choose one's beliefs carefully

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