Supernatural entertainments Victorian spiritualism and the rise of modern media culture / [electronic resource] :
Simone Natale.
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2016]
- 1 online resource (xi, 235 pages :) illustrations ;
- UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-230) and index.
"Explores the proliferation of spiritualist seances in mid-nineteenth-century Europe and the United States, and the connection to the contemporary evolution of the media entertainment industry"--Provided by publisher.
9780271077390 0271077395
Popular culture--History--Great Britain--19th century. Popular culture--History--United States--19th century. Seances--History--Great Britain--19th century. Seances--History--United States--19th century. Spiritualism--History--Great Britain--20th century. Spiritualism--History--United States--19th century.