Victorian alchemy : science, magic and ancient Egypt

Victorian alchemy science, magic and ancient Egypt

Victorian Alchemy explores nineteenth-century conceptions of ancient Egypt as this extant civilisation was being ?rediscovered? in the modern world. With its material remnants somewhat paradoxically symbolic of both antiquity and modernity (in the very currentness of Egyptological excavations), anci...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Dobson, Eleanor, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : UCL Press [2022]
Materias:
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Literature and science > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009684803306719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of figures
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: enchanted pasts
  • 1 Ghostly images: magic, illusion and technology
  • 2 Worlds lost and found: journeys through time and space
  • 3 Weird physics: visible light, invisible forces and the electromagnetic spectrum
  • 4 Occult psychology: dream, trance and telepathy
  • Conclusion: afterlives
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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