Warner, Marina (2006) Phantasmagoria: spirit visions, metaphors, and media into the twenty-first century. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199239238.
Abstract
A fascinating study of psychic phenomena and the power of the imagination, interweaving theology, metaphysics, art, literature, and film Ranges from the Enlightenment, through Victorian séances and the Society of Psychical Research, to modern science and science fictions Offers a context for thinking about the influence of the mass media on ideas about existence and reality Provides a background to the current crazes for Harry Potter, Tolkien, and Narnia Richly illustrated in colour and black and white with highly original material, featuring apparitions, illusions, and other strange and wondrous experiences
Metadata
| Item Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communication |
| Depositing User: | Sarah Hall |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Jul 2018 13:04 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Aug 2023 12:44 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/23300 |
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