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Raising spirits : how a Conjuror's Tale was transmitted across the Enlightenment /

Despite Enlightenment scepticism about the supernatural, stories about spirits were regularly printed and shared throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This case-study in the transmission of a single story (of a young gunsmith near Bristol conjuring spirits, leading to his early death)...

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Main Author:	Barry, Jonathan, 1956- (Author)
Corporate Author:	Ebook Library
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave, 2013.
Series:	Palgrave historical studies in witchcraft and magic. Palgrave pivot.
Subjects:	Spiritualism > Great Britain > History. Spirits > History > 18th century. Spirits > History > 19th century. Oral history > Great Britain. BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Parapsychology / General. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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