Modern Enchantments : The Cultural Power of Secular Magic

By (author) During, Simon

Modern Enchantments takes us deeply into the history and workings of modern secular magic, from the legerdemain of Isaac Fawkes in 1720, to the return of real magic in nineteenth-century spiritualism, to the role of magic in the emergence of the cinema. Through the course of this history, During shows how magic performances have drawn together heterogeneous audiences, contributed to the molding of cultural hierarchies, and extended cultural technologies and media at key moments, sometimes introducing spectators to rationality and helping to disseminate skepticism and publicize scientific innovation. In a more revealing argument still, Modern Enchantments shows that magic entertainments have increased the sway of fictions in our culture and helped define modern society's image of itself.

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  • Acknowledgments 1. Magic History: An Introduction 2. Enchantment and Loss: Theorizing Secular Magic 3. Egg-Bag Tricks and Electricity: The Founding of Modern Commercial Conjuring 4. Magic's Moment: The Illusion Business 5. From Magic to Film 6. Magic and Literature 7. Magic Places: The Lyceum and the Great Room, Spring Gardens 8. Spiritualism and the Birth of Optical Technologies Notes Index

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書名 Modern Enchantments : The Cultural Power of Secular Magic
著作者等 During, Simon
書名別名 The Cultural Power of Secular Magic
出版元 Harvard University Press
刊行年月 2004.04.02
ページ数 352p
大きさ H229 x W146
ISBN 9780674013711
言語 英語
出版国 アメリカ合衆国
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