Raising Spirits How a Conjuror’s Tale Was Transmitted across the Enlightenment
Description
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.
Keywords
HistorySocial HistoryEuropeGreat BritainReligionModernComparative Religion
2013Book
Author(s)Jonathan Barry
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9781137378934
LanguageEnglish
