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Ghost-seers, detectives, and spiritualists : theories of vision in Victorian literature and science /

"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 a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smajic, Srdjan, 1974-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Series:Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ; 71.
Subjects:
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Visual perception in literature.
Vision in literature.
Ghost stories, English > History and criticism.
Detective and mystery stories, English > History and criticism.
Literature and science.
Great Britain > History > Victoria, 1837-1901.
Geschichte 1830-1900
Gespenstergeschichte.
Kriminalgeschichte.
Erzähltechnik.
Sehen (Motiv)
Englisch.
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