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03409aam a2200385 a 4500 001 92B70F08B6DB11E2AF0A76A3DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20130507010107 008 120807s2013 enk b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2012029395 020 $a 184519294X (h/b : acid-free paper) 020 $a 9781845192945 (h/b : acid-free paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)805544845 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $d YDX $d YDXCP $d UKMGB $d BWX $d IUL $d MUU $d SILO 050 00 $a PR878.P75 $b T43 2013 082 00 $a 823/.809353 $2 23 100 1 $a Tearle, Oliver. 245 10 $a Bewilderments of vision : $b hallucination and literature, 1880-1914 / $c Oliver Tearle. 260 $a Brighton [England] ; Portland, Or. : $b Sussex Academic Press, $c c2013. 300 $a vi, 207 p. ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "Hallucination was always the ghost story's elephant in the room. Even before the vogue for psychical research and spiritualism began to influence writers at the end of the nineteenth century, tales of horror and the supernatural, of ghosts and demons, had been haunted by the possibility of some grand deception by the senses. But what is certainly true is that, during the nineteenth century, hallucination took on a new force and significance not just in ghost stories and horror fiction, but in other forms of writing. Authors began to encourage their readers to assess whether the ghostly had its origins in some supernatural phenomenon from beyond the grave, or from some deception within our own minds. This wide-ranging book explores the many factors which contributed to this rise in the interest in hallucination and visionary experience, during the nineteenth century and beyond. Through a series of close and often unusual readings of numerous writers including Robert Louis Stevenson, Henry James, and Arthur Machen, this original study explores what happened when hallucination appeared in fiction, and - even more importantly - why it happened at all."--Publisher's website. 505 0 $a Fields of Vision. Phantasms ;The Fantastic ; Ghost-Seers ; '...true ghost story...' ; Pink Toads ; Apparitions. -- Handconscience: Strange Case of Robert Louis Stevenson. The Tell-Tale Text ; Mirror-Image ; Strange Cases ; Namings. -- Figmentary: Vernon Lee's Wicked Voice. '...genuine ghosts...' ; '...strangest of maladies...' ; Moonbeams. -- Aftersense: Henry James's Psychical Cases. Fragments ; Impulses ; The Third Person. -- Insectial: Arthur Machen's Phantasmagoria. Phantasmagorias ; '...wild domed hills...' ; '...rare drugs...' ; Green Tea ; Vast Questions. -- Re-reflections: Oliver Onions. Ghostly Credos ; A Haunted House ; Aural Sex. 650 0 $a Hallucinations and illusions in literature. 650 0 $a Psychological fiction, English $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a English fiction $y 19th century $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Psychological fiction, American $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a American fiction $y 19th century $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Ghost stories $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a English fiction $y 20th century $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a American fiction $y 20th century $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Parapsychology $x Research. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180118065522.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=92B70F08B6DB11E2AF0A76A3DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search