Raising Spirits

How a Conjuror’s Tale Was Transmitted across the Enlightenment

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Reference, History, British
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Author: J. Barry ISBN: 9781137378941
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK Publication: November 19, 2013
Imprint: Palgrave Pivot Language: English
Author: J. Barry
ISBN: 9781137378941
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication: November 19, 2013
Imprint: Palgrave Pivot
Language: English

Despite supernatural scepticism, stories about spirits were regularly printed and shared throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. This case-study in the transmission of a single story (of a young gunsmith near Bristol conjuring spirits, leading to his early death) reveals both how and why successive generations found meaning in such accounts.

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Despite supernatural scepticism, stories about spirits were regularly printed and shared throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. This case-study in the transmission of a single story (of a young gunsmith near Bristol conjuring spirits, leading to his early death) reveals both how and why successive generations found meaning in such accounts.

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