Mesmerized: Powers of Mind in Victorian Britain
- ISBN-10
- 0226902196
- ISBN-13
- 9780226902197
- Series
- Mesmerized
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 464
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998-12
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Author
- Alison Winter
Description
Across Victorian Britain, in castles and cottages, rectories and pubs, and even hospitals and churches, thousands of women and hundreds of men were put into mesmeric trances. Apparently reasonable human beings twisted into bizarre postures, called out in unknown languages, and placidly bore assaults that should have caused unbearable pain. The Victorians were literally entranced - mesmerized - with this phenomenon.
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- 2000-04-03
- 478 pages
- Paperback
- University of Chicago Press
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- 2020-11-03
- 48 pages
- Ebook
- Candlewick Press
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