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03539aam a2200469 i 4500 001 AC1D213C6BEF11E5917E58C1DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20151006010103 008 141104s2015 enk b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2015430913 020 $a 0719074835 020 $a 9780719074837 035 $a (OCoLC)903779186 040 $a NLM $b eng $e rda $c NLM $d QCL $d COD $d YDXCP $d NYP $d VRC $d MUU $d DLC $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a nlmcopyc 043 $a e-uk--- 050 14 $a BF1156.S6 $b H84 2015 060 00 $a 2015 G-599 060 10 $a WM 11 FA1 082 04 $a 154.7094109034 $2 23 100 1 $a Hughes, William, $d 1964- $e author. 245 10 $a That devil's trick : $b hypnotism and the Victorian popular imagination / $c William Hughes. 246 30 $a Hypnotism and the Victorian popular imagination 264 1 $a Manchester : $b Manchester University Press, $c 2015. 300 $a x, 244 pages ; $c 22 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages [223]-237) and index. 505 0 $a Preamble: Animal magnetism -- a farce? -- The epoch of Mesmer -- Medical magnetism -- Surgical hypnotism -- Conclusion: 'This is that devil's trick -- hypnotism!' 520 $a That Devil's Trick is the first study of nineteenth-century hypnotism based primarily on the popular - rather than medical - appreciation of the subject. Drawing on the reports of mesmerists, hypnotists, quack doctors and serious physicians printed in popular newspapers from the early years of the nineteenth century to the Victorian fin de sieÌcle, the book provides an insight into how Continental mesmerism was first understood in Britain, how a number of distinctively British varieties of mesmerism developed, and how these were continually debated in medical, moral and legal terms. This is no dry history of medicine, however. It opens and closes with two vignettes of how mesmerists were depicted on stage at the eighteenth- and nineteenth century fins des sieÌcles, and its contents are highly relevant to the study of the many authors - Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Bram Stoker and Conan Doyle among them - whose fiction was informed by the imagery of hypnotism and mesmerism. Its contents are enlivened by liberal quotation from the often scandalous observations of those who watched or participated in mesmeric seÌances, these being regarded at times as salacious exhibitions likely to undermine the morality of the nation. That Devil's Trick will be an essential resource for anybody working with the popular and literary culture of the nineteenth century. Its unique contents allow it to bridge the disciplinary boundaries of literary criticism and broader Victorian studies, the breath and liveliness of its coverage also making it an important work for medical historians and the general reader. --Provided by publisher. 650 12 $a Hypnosis $x history $z Great Britain. $2 [MeSH] 650 22 $a History, 19th Century $z Great Britain. $2 [MeSH] 650 22 $a Imagination $z Great Britain. $2 [MeSH] 650 22 $a Literature $x history $z Great Britain. $2 [MeSH] 650 22 $a Social Perception $z Great Britain. $2 [MeSH] 650 0 $a Hypnotism $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Hypnotism $x Social aspects $z Great Britain. 650 0 $a Mesmerism $z Great Britain $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Hypnotism in literature. 650 0 $a Mesmerism in literature. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231018012937.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826112133.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=AC1D213C6BEF11E5917E58C1DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search