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A Spiritual Séance in British Literature of the Late XIXth – Early XXth Centuries

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Akhmedova Elnara Teymurovna, Lomonosov Moscow State University
Abstract: 

In this article we analyze the description of spiritual séances in the works of R. B rowning, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, F. Marryat and Arthur Conan Doyle. We also try to explain the frequency of occurrence of séances in the British literature of the late XIXth – early XXth centuries.

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A Séance at Dieppe, in September 1865 // Spiritual Magazine. 1866. № 2. P. 95–96.

Browning R. Mr. Sludge, the Medium // Browning R. The Complete Poetic and Dramatic Works. URL: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/50954/50954-h/50954-h.htm (дата обращения: 16.01.2017).

Doyle A. Conan. The Land of Mist. 1926. URL: http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0601351h.html (дата обращения: 16.01.2017).

Le Fanu J. S. All in the Dark. L., 1898.

Manifestations through Mr. Home // Spiritual Magazine. 1869. № 4. P. 176–178.

Manifold Phases of Spiritualism // Spiritual Magazine. 1860. № 2. P. 49–56.

Marryat F., Depledge G. The Dead Man’s Message : An Occult Romance. Brighton, 2009.

Wells H. G. Love and Mr. Lewisham. L., 1899. 

Received: 
28.04.2017
Accepted: 
20.05.2017
Available online: 
28.08.2017
Published: 
28.08.2017