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Book Title: Ghost-Seers, Detectives, and Spiritualists: Theories of Vision in Victorian Literature and Science Language: English Format files: PDF The size of the: 24.71 MB City - Country: No data The author of the book: Srdjan Smajic Edition: Cambridge University Press Date of issue: April 29th 2010 ISBN: 0521191882 ISBN 13: 9780521191883 Loaded: 1109 times Reader ratings: 5.5 |
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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 Smaji argues that to understand how writers represented ghost-seers and detectives, the views of contemporary scientists, philosophers, and spiritualists with which these writers engage have to be taken into account: these views raise questions such as whether seeing really is believing, how much of what we see' is actually only inferred, and whether there may be other (intuitive or spiritual) ways of seeing that enable us to perceive objects and beings inaccessible to the bodily senses. This book will make a real contribution to the understanding of Victorian science in culture, and of the ways in which literature draws on all kinds of knowledge."

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