Altered states
Subtitle: sex, nation, drugs, and self-transformation in Victorian spiritualism
By: Marlene Tromp.
Series: SUNY series, studies in the long nineteenth century
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
Subjects: Spiritualism -- England.; England -- Religion -- History -- 19th century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Spirited sexuality : sex, marriage, and Victorian spiritualism; title: Wedding stories/ghost stories; title: Ghostly erotics and the imperialism of the Victorian drawing room; title: Economics, race, and the specter of class; title: Drunk with power : stories of ghostly others; title: Under the influence : the fox sisters and pernicious spirits; title: Haunted by doubts : Elizabeth d'd'espérance, social justice, and the reconfiguration of mediumship; title: Conclusion : looking back to look forward : the ghost of fiction past.