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1021927
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b776297
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Mills, Bruce,1958-
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Poe, Fuller, and the mesmeric arts : : transition states in the American Renaissance /\ Bruce Mills.
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| Publication Statement
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Columbia :: University of Missouri Press,, ©2006.
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1 online resource (xx, 202 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0826265006
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0826216102
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9780826216106
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-196) and index.
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| Contents
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Charting the mesmeric turn: sympathy, animal magnetism, and the motion of the mind -- The psychology of the single effect: Poe and the short-story genre -- Laws of the heart divine: Eureka and the poetics of the mind -- Reading the self: Fuller's magnetic juvenilia -- Transition states -- Exquisite sensibilities: Lydia Maria Child, Margaret Fuller, and magnetic reform -- Singing the American body electric: Whitman and the mesmeric turn.
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"Examines how the writings of Edgar Allan Poe and Margaret Fuller draw from representations of and theories concerning animal magnetism, somnambulism, or hypnosis rendered in newspapers, literary and medical journals, pamphlets, and books, and also includes discussion of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Lydia Maria Child, and Walt Whitman"--Provided by publisher.
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Fuller, Margaret,1810-1850-- Knowledge-- Psychology.
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Mesmer, Franz Anton,1734-1815-- Influence.
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Poe, Edgar Allan,1809-1849-- Knowledge-- Psychology.
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Fuller, Margaret,1810-1850-- Knowledge-- Et la psychologie.
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Mesmer, Franz Anton,1734-1815-- Influence.
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Poe, Edgar Allan,1809-1849-- Et la psychologie.
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Fuller, Margaret,1810-1850.
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Fuller, Margaret.
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Mesmer, Franz Anton,1734-1815.
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Poe, Edgar Allan,1809-1849.
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Poe, Edgar Allan.
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Altered states of consciousness in literature.
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American literature-- 19th century-- History and criticism.
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Animal magnetism in literature.
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Hypnotism in literature.
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Mesmerism in literature.
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Mesmerism-- United States-- History-- 19th century.
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Sleepwalking in literature.
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États modifiés de conscience dans la littérature.
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Hypnose dans la littérature.
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Littérature américaine-- 19e siècle-- Histoire et critique.
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Magnétisme animal dans la littérature.
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Mesmérisme dans la littérature.
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Mesmérisme-- États-Unis-- Histoire-- 19e siècle.
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Somnambulisme dans la littérature.
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Altered states of consciousness in literature.
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American literature.
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Animal magnetism in literature.
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Hypnotism in literature.
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- American-- General.
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Mesmerism in literature.
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Mesmerism.
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Mesmerismus
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Psychology.
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Sleepwalking in literature.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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810.9/353
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| LC Classification
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PS217.M47M55 2006eb
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