Spiritualism and Women's Writing: From the Fin de Siècle to the Neo-Victorian

by Tatiana Kontou

Using a wide range of unexplored archival material, this book examines the 'spectral' influence of Victorian spiritualism and Psychical Research on women's writing, analyzing the ways in which modern writers have both subverted and mimicked nineteenth century sources in their evocation of the séance.

Genres: Nonfiction

255 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2009