Victorian literary mesmerism.(Brief Article)(Book Review) From: Reference & Research Book News | Date: November 1, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2006 Book News, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

9789042020085

Victorian literary mesmerism.

Ed. by Martin Willis and Catherine Wynne.

Editions Rodopi

2006

273 pages

$73.00

Paperback

Costerus new series

BF1031

Scholars of literature, and one historian of science, from the wide anglophone world look at how mesmerism was portrayed and...

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