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T1 Between Spiritualism and Hysteria: Science and Victorian Mediumship in Michèle Roberts¿ In the Red Kitchen
A1 Arias Doblas, Rosario
K1 narrativa histórica contemporánea
K1 ciencia y literatura
K1 espiritismo victoriano
K1 Michèle Roberts
K1 histeria
AB The aim of this article is to propose a reading of Michèle Roberts’ neo-Victorian novel, Inthe Red Kitchen (1990), in the light of recent work on the relationship between mainstreamscience —for example, the study of nerve illnesses— and the occult sciences in the secondhalf of the Victorian period. This novel examines the connections between hysteria andspiritualism, as well as challenges and demystifies the scientific discourse of early psychol-ogy, thus proposing a “hysterical” narrative. Lastly, it will be argued that Roberts’ novel ispart of a recent trend that can be found in neo-Victorian fiction in which nineteenth-century science and the occult interrelate.
PB Universidad de La Laguna. Servicio de Publicaciones
SN 2530-8335
YR 2005
FD 2005
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DS Repositorio institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna
RD 05-may-2024