Calling the Spirits investigates the eerie history of our
conversations with the dead, from necromancy in Homer’s Odyssey
to the emergence of Spiritualism – when Victorians were entranced
by mediums and the seance was born. Among our cast are the Fox
sisters, teenagers surrounded by ‘spirit rappings’; Daniel
Dunglas Home, the ‘greatest medium of all time’; Houdini and
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, whose unlikely friendship was forged, then
riven, by the afterlife; and Helen Duncan, the medium whose trial
in 1944 for witchcraft proved more popular to the public than news
about the war. The book also considers Ouija boards, modern
psychics and paranormal investigations, and is illustrated with
engravings, fine art (from beyond) and photographs. Hugely
entertaining, it begs the question: is anybody there . . .?
General
| Imprint: |
Reaktion Books
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
September 2022 |
| Authors: |
Lisa Morton
|
| Dimensions: |
197 x 127 x 36mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
352 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-78914-649-3 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-78914-649-6 |
| Barcode: |
9781789146493 |
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