| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ; 71 |
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Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ; 71
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| Contents |
Contextualizing the ghost story -- The rise of optical apparitions -- Inner vision and spiritual optics -- 'Betwixt ancient faith and modern incredulity' -- Visual learning : sight and Victorian epistemology -- Scopophilia and scopophobia : Poe's readerly flâneur --Stains, smears, and visual language in The moonstone -- Semiotics vs. encyclopedism : the case of Sherlock Holmes -- Detective fiction's uncanny -- Light, ether, and the invisible world -- Inner vision and occult detection : Le Fanu's Martin Hesselius -- Other dimensions, other worlds -- Psychic sleuths and soul doctors |
| Summary |
"This is an original study of the narrative techniques that developed for two very popular forms of fiction in the nineteenth century - ghost stories and detective stories - and the surprising similarities between them in the context of contemporary theories of vision and sight. Srdjan Smajić argues that to understand how writers represented ghost-seers and detectives, the views of contemporary scientists, philosophers, and spiritualists with which these writers engage have to be taken into account: these views raise questions such as whether seeing really is believing, how much of what we 'see' is actually only inferred, and whether there may be other (intuitive or spiritual) ways of seeing that enable us to perceive objects and beings inaccessible to the bodily senses. This book will make a real contribution to the understanding of Victorian science in culture, and of the ways in which literature draws on all kinds of knowledge"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-255) |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
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Visual perception in literature.
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Vision in literature.
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Ghost stories, English -- History and criticism
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Detective and mystery stories, English -- History and criticism
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Literature and science.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Detective and mystery stories, English
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English literature
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Ghost stories, English
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Literature and science
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Vision in literature
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Visual perception in literature
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Englisch
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Erzähltechnik
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Gespenstergeschichte
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Kriminalgeschichte
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Sehen Motiv
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Spiritualisme.
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Wetenschap.
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Misdaadromans.
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Victoriaanse tijd.
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Kriminalliteratur -- englische -- Geschichte 19. Jh.
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Gespenstergeschichte -- englische -- Geschichte 19. Jh.
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Kriminalliteratur.
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Gespenstergeschichte.
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Englisch.
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Motiv (Literatur)
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Sehen.
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Engelsk litteratur -- historia -- 1800-talet.
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Spökhistorier -- England -- 1800-talet.
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Kriminallitteratur -- England -- 1800-talet.
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Litteratur och vetenskap -- England -- 1800-talet.
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056823
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| Subject |
Great Britain
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Englisch.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2010002265 |
| ISBN |
9780511712739 |
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0511712731 |
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9780511714818 |
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0511714815 |
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1107204240 |
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9781107204249 |
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9780511716065 |
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