Shadows of the invisible world: Mesmer, Swedenborg and the spiritualist sciences

Joan Kirkby

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    Abstract

    Frankenstein's experiments in the context of the spiritual sciences of Mesmer and Swedenborg, Kant's Dreams of a Spirit Seer and Schopenhauer's Essay on Spirit Seeing, and the Shelley's interest in the spirit world.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationFrankenstein's science
    Subtitle of host publicationexperimentation and discovery in Romantic culture, 1780-1830
    EditorsChrista Knellwolf, Jane Goodall
    Place of PublicationAldershot, England ; Burlington, VT
    PublisherAshgate
    Pages99-115
    ISBN (Print)9780754654476
    Publication statusPublished - 2008

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